Quotes:Moor, Edward

Zirkoff, Boris

Moor, Edward. English soldier and writer; b. 1771 ; d. at Westminster, Feb. 26, 1848. Appointed cadet on the Bombay establishment of the East India Co., 1882; transf. to Madras establ.; lieutenant, 1888; at 17 years of age, quarter-master of the 9th battalion native infantry. Very proficient in native languages. Severely wounded in the 1790 war, at the siege of Dharwar; returned home on sick leave. Commissary-general at Bombay, 1799. Left India, 1805; retired from Company’s service, 180Ö. His two chief works are: *Hindoo Pantheon. London: printed for J. Johnson, 1810. 4to. xiv, 451 pp. Contains numerous engravings by J. Dadley, from the drawings of Μ. Houghton. A “new edition” condensed and annotated by W. O. Simpson (Madras, 1864, 8vo) lacks the plate which H. P. B. refers to.—Oriental Fragments, London, 1834.

Source: Boris de Zirkoff, «H. P. Blavatsky Collected Writings», vol. 7, p. 384

Moor, Major Edward (1771-1848). *Hindoo Pantheon. London: printed for J. Johnson, 1810. 4to. xiv, 451 pp. The “new edition” of Madras, 1864, lacks the plates H. P. B. refers to in several of her writings. Vide Volume VII, p. 384, for biogr. data about the author.

Source: Boris de Zirkoff, «H. P. Blavatsky Collected Writings», vol. 9, p. 445

Moor, Major Edward (1771-1848). *Hindoo Pantheon. London: printed for J. Johnson, 1810. 4to. xiv, 451 pp. The “new edition” of Madras, 1864, lacks the plates H. P. B. refers to in several of her writings. Vide Volume VII, p. 384 for biographical and other data about the author.

Source: Boris de Zirkoff, «H. P. Blavatsky Collected Writings», vol. 10, p. 425