Quotes:Tennent, James Emerson

Zirkoff, Boris

Tennent, Sir James Emerson. Traveller, politician and author, b. April 7, 1804, at Belfast; d. March 6, 1869, in London. Educated at Trinity College, Dublin. Hon. LL.D., 1861. Travelled abroad, 1824. Enthusiastic about Greek freedom; friend of Lord Byron. Called to bar at Lincoln’s Inn, 1831. Elected member for Belfast, 1832. Defeated, 1837, but seated in 1838, 1841-42. Knighted, 1845. Retired, 1867 and created baronet. Fellow of Royal Society, 1862. Works: The History of Modern Greece. London, 1830. 2 vols. 8vo. — Ceylon, an Account of the Island, Physical, Historical, and Topographical. London, 1859. 2 vols. 8vo.

Source: Boris de Zirkoff, «H. P. Blavatsky Collected Writings», vol. 5, p. 383