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== [[Zirkoff, Boris]] == | == [[Zirkoff, Boris]] == | ||
'''{{Style S-Small capitals|Coryn, Dr. Herbert A. W.}}''' English physician and Theosophist, b. in England, 1863; d. in San Diego, Calif., Nov. 7, 1927. Son of a physician, he studied medicine and became a member of the Royal College of Surgeons, London. For a number of years he was associated with his father in medical practice in that city. He was one of the pioneer members of the Theosophical Society, having joined it in the days of H. P. B.’s residence in London. He was one of her direct pupils in his early manhood and rendered invaluable service in those days, as an able speaker and organizer. At a later date, having moved to the U.S.A., he worked in connection with the Theosophical Headquarters at 144 Madison Avenue, New York. Soon after the Headquarters of the Universal Brotherhood and Theosophical Society, under the leadership of Katherine Tingley, were removed from New York to Point Loma, California, {{Page aside|411}}in 1900, Dr. Coryn became one of its permanent residents, practising medicine there for twenty-six years. He was also Editor of ''The New Way'', a magazine founded by Katherine Tingley for free distribution in prisons and hospitals. He was a Cabinet Officer of the Society and a Mason. He was unmarried. | '''{{Style S-Small capitals|Coryn, Dr. Herbert A. W.}}''' English physician and Theosophist, b. in England, 1863; d. in San Diego, Calif., Nov. 7, 1927. Son of a physician, he studied medicine and became a member of the Royal College of Surgeons, London. For a number of years he was associated with his father in medical practice in that city. He was one of the pioneer members of the Theosophical Society, having joined it in the days of H. P. B.’s residence in London. He was one of her direct pupils in his early manhood and rendered invaluable service in those days, as an able speaker and organizer. At a later date, having moved to the U.S.A., he worked in connection with the Theosophical Headquarters at 144 Madison Avenue, New York. Soon after the Headquarters of the Universal Brotherhood and Theosophical Society, under the leadership of Katherine Tingley, were removed from New York to Point Loma, California, {{Page aside|411}}in 1900, Dr. Coryn became one of its permanent residents, practising medicine there for twenty-six years. He was also Editor of ''The New Way'', a magazine founded by Katherine Tingley for free distribution in prisons and hospitals. He was a Cabinet Officer of the Society and a Mason. He was unmarried. | ||
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|detail=vol. 9, pp. 410-411 | |detail=vol. 9, pp. 410-411 | ||
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'''{{Style S-Small capitals|Coryn, Dr. Herbert A. W. (1863-1927)}}'''. ''Vide'' biographical sketch in Volume IX of the present Series. | |||
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|author=Boris de Zirkoff | |||
|title=H. P. Blavatsky Collected Writings | |||
|detail=vol. 11, p. 571 | |||
|link=Zirkoff B. - Appendix (BCW vol.11)#571 | |||
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