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According to [[Johnston, Charles|C. Johnston]], joined the Theosophical Society on 10 May 1889. Visited [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]] at Fontainebleau that summer. In August she arranged to vest her property at 19 Avenue Road in trustees as headquarters for the Society’s British Section. {{ctd-source|1=[[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Zirkoff B. - Chronological Survey & Key to Abbrev (BCW vol.11)#xxiv|BCW 11:xxiv-xxv]]}} | According to [[Johnston, Charles|C. Johnston]], joined the Theosophical Society on 10 May 1889. Visited [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]] at Fontainebleau that summer. In August she arranged to vest her property at 19 Avenue Road in trustees as headquarters for the Society’s British Section. {{ctd-source|1=[[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Zirkoff B. - Chronological Survey & Key to Abbrev (BCW vol.11)#xxiv|BCW 11:xxiv-xxv]]}} | ||
Chaired a meeting of the Blavatsky Lodge in London for the first time on 21 November 1889 and was elected its president on 2 January 1890. With L. Cooper she was placed in charge of the Working Women’s Club opened with [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]]’s participation on 16 August 1890. {{ctd-source|1=[[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Zirkoff B. - Chronological Survey & Key to Abbrev (BCW vol.12)#xxiii|BCW 12:xxiii-xxv]]}} | |||
Sailed from Liverpool for the United States on 1 April 1891 carrying [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]]’s final letter to the American Convention. Addressed the Aryan Theosophical Society in New York on karma on 14 April, quoting Blavatsky’s answer concerning the universality of suffering. Became the principal editor of Lucifer after Blavatsky’s death. {{ctd-source|1=[[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Zirkoff B. - Chronological Survey & Key to Abbrev (BCW vol.13)#xxiv|BCW 13:xxiv-xxv]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - Miscellaneous Notes (65)#170|BCW 13:170]], [[Zirkoff B. - There is a Road, Steep and Thorny#219|BCW 13:219]]}} | |||
Prepared the posthumous third volume of The Secret Doctrine (1897). Her preface states that she arranged the manuscripts into sections, corrected grammar and enclosed her additions in square brackets. [[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]] points to discrepancies between this preface and her interview with W. Mulliss on 6 October 1926 concerning the provenance of the manuscripts. {{ctd-source|1=[[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Zirkoff B. - The Secret Doctrine - Volume III#xxx|BCW 14:xxx-xxxii]], [[Zirkoff B. - The Secret Doctrine - Volume III#xlii|BCW 14:xlii-xliv]]}} | |||
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|wikipedia=Besant, Annie | |wikipedia=Besant, Annie | ||
|mentioned in=[[Zirkoff B. - Preface (BCW vol.4)|Preface (BCW vol.4)]] ([[Zirkoff B. - Preface (BCW vol.4)#xv|BCW 4:xv]]); [[Zirkoff B. - Chronological Survey & Key to Abbrev (BCW vol.11)|Chronological Survey & Key to Abbrev]] ([[Zirkoff B. - Chronological Survey & Key to Abbrev (BCW vol.11)#xxiv|BCW 11:xxiv-xxv]]) | |mentioned in=[[Zirkoff B. - Preface (BCW vol.4)|Preface (BCW vol.4)]] ([[Zirkoff B. - Preface (BCW vol.4)#xv|BCW 4:xv]]); [[Zirkoff B. - Chronological Survey & Key to Abbrev (BCW vol.11)|Chronological Survey & Key to Abbrev]] ([[Zirkoff B. - Chronological Survey & Key to Abbrev (BCW vol.11)#xxiv|BCW 11:xxiv-xxv]]); [[Zirkoff B. - Chronological Survey & Key to Abbrev (BCW vol.12)|Chronological Survey & Key to Abbrev]] ([[Zirkoff B. - Chronological Survey & Key to Abbrev (BCW vol.12)#xxiii|BCW 12:xxiii-xxv]]); [[Zirkoff B. - Chronological Survey & Key to Abbrev (BCW vol.13)|Chronological Survey & Key to Abbrev]] ([[Zirkoff B. - Chronological Survey & Key to Abbrev (BCW vol.13)#xxiv|BCW 13:xxiv-xxv]]); [[Blavatsky H.P. - Miscellaneous Notes (65)|Miscellaneous Notes]] ([[Blavatsky H.P. - Miscellaneous Notes (65)#170|BCW 13:170]]); [[Zirkoff B. - There is a Road, Steep and Thorny|There is a Road, Steep and Thorny...]] ([[Zirkoff B. - There is a Road, Steep and Thorny#219|BCW 13:219]]); [[Zirkoff B. - The Secret Doctrine - Volume III|“The Secret Doctrine – Volume III”]] ([[Zirkoff B. - The Secret Doctrine - Volume III#xxx|BCW 14:xxx-xxxii]]); [[Zirkoff B. - The Secret Doctrine - Volume III|“The Secret Doctrine – Volume III”]] ([[Zirkoff B. - The Secret Doctrine - Volume III#xlii|BCW 14:xlii-xliv]]) | ||
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| short name = Besant | | short name = Besant | ||
| initials = A. | | initials = A. | ||
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