Charles Sotheran
Also: • Sotheran Chas. •
(8 July 1847 − 26 June 1902)
English-born American antiquarian bookseller, bibliographer and journalist, associated with the New York booksellers Sotheran & Co. Present at the founding of the Theosophical Society in New York in September 1875, where he was elected its first Librarian. He briefly resigned from the Society in January 1876 after a public dispute with H. P. Blavatsky, but was readmitted some months later and helped her with research and borrowed books while she wrote Isis Unveiled. A high-ranking Freemason, initiated in 1872, and a member of the Rosicrucian Society; later active in New York socialist politics. (BCW 1:525-527).
Some links:
- Quotes: Boris de Zirkoff
- CTD article in Russian: Созеран, Чарльз
- Theosophy Wiki: Charles Sotheran
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To show: Charles Sotheran; sortable: Sotheran, Charles
Person's short name: C. Sotheran; sortable: Sotheran, C.; for categories: Sotheran C.
Lifetime: 1847-1902
Shortly: English-American antiquarian bookseller and founding Librarian of the Theosophical Society (1875); assisted H. P. Blavatsky with research for Isis Unveiled.