Sinnett, Alfred Percy

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Alfred Percy Sinnett

1840-1921

Alfred Percy Sinnett

Also: • Sinnett, A.P. •

(18 January 1840 − 26 June 1921)

English journalist, author and prominent early Theosophist. Editor of the Hong Kong Daily Press (1865–1868) and of the Anglo-Indian newspaper The Pioneer in Allahabad (1872–1883). He and his wife Patience met H. P. Blavatsky and H. S. Olcott at Allahabad in December 1879 and joined the Theosophical Society that same month. From 1880 he carried on an extensive correspondence with the Mahatmas Koot Hoomi and Morya, later published as The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett (1923). His own books The Occult World (1881) and Esoteric Buddhism (1883) did much to popularize Theosophy in the West. He served for many years as president of the London Lodge of the Theosophical Society.

Some links:

• Quotes: Boris de Zirkoff
• CTD article in Russian: Синнетт, Альфред Перси
• Theosophy Wiki: Alfred Percy Sinnett
• Wikipedia: Alfred Percy Sinnett
• Other resources: Theosophy World Encyclopedia

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To show: Alfred Percy Sinnett; sortable: Sinnett, Alfred Percy
Person's short name: A. P. Sinnett; sortable: Sinnett, A. P.; for categories: Sinnett A.P.
Lifetime: 1840-1921
Shortly: English journalist and Theosophist, correspondent of the Mahatmas and author of The Occult World and Esoteric Buddhism; long-time president of the London Lodge T.S.