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|term=Doubleday, Abner
|term=Doubleday, Abner
|term to show=Abner Doubleday
|person=Yes
|person=Yes
|description=American army general and early Theosophist. A veteran of the American Civil War, he served as acting president of the Theosophical Society in America after the founders left for India.
|short name=Doubleday
|categories=Contributors to The Theosophist
|categories=Military men; Theosophical Society members
|ctd rus=Даблдей, Абнер
|start=1819-06-26
|approximate duration=1819–1893
|end=1893-01-26
|tsw en=Abner Doubleday
|description=American military man. While at school, invented the game of baseball, 1839, a claim substantiated by a 1907 commission chaired by Col. A. G. Mills. Served throughout the Civil War, 1861-65, including at Fort Sumter, Antietam and Gettysburg, where his heroic role is commemorated by a bronze statue unveiled in 1917. Joined the Theosophical Society soon after its formation and became a staunch friend of the Founders; after their departure for India he was made President ''pro tem'' in the U.S.A., with W. Q. Judge as Secretary, and on April 17, 1880, was elected Vice-President of the Theosophical Society. {{ctd-source|BCW|1|459-461}}.
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|ctd rus=Даблдей, Эбнер
|wikipedia=Abner Doubleday
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