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Co-author with Edward Maitland of The Perfect Way, or the Finding of Christ, published in London in 1882 and in a revised edition in 1887 {{ctd-source|BCW|8|462}}.
Co-author with Edward Maitland of The Perfect Way, or the Finding of Christ, published in London in 1882 and in a revised edition in 1887 {{ctd-source|BCW|8|462}}.
English doctor of medicine and mystical writer, daughter of John Bonus. Married, 1867, Rev. Algernon Godfrey Kingsford, vicar of Atcham, Shropshire {{ctd-source|BCW|9|438-440}}.
|short description=English physician and Theosophist; president of the London Lodge T.S.; co-author, with Edward Maitland, of ''The Perfect Way''.
|short description=English physician and Theosophist; president of the London Lodge T.S.; co-author, with Edward Maitland, of ''The Perfect Way''.
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Anna Kingsford

(16 September 1846 − 22 February 1888)

English physician, anti-vivisectionist, vegetarian campaigner and women's rights advocate; one of the first women to qualify as a physician in England (M.D., Paris). A Theosophist, she became president of the London Lodge of the Theosophical Society in 1883, together with Edward Maitland, with whom she co-authored The Perfect Way, or the Finding of Christ (1882). Disagreements with A. P. Sinnett over the Society's Eastern orientation led her to leave the London Lodge and found the Hermetic Society in 1884.

Co-author with Edward Maitland of The Perfect Way; or, the Finding of Christ, first published in 1882 and issued in a revised edition in 1887. (BCW 4:654).

With Edward Maitland, issued A Letter Addressed to the Fellows of the London Lodge of The Theosophical Society (Shrewsbury, December 1883). The pamphlet includes Maitland’s comments on Esoteric Buddhism and Kingsford’s open letter to H. S. Olcott dated 31 October 1883. (BCW 5:377).

Co-author with Edward Maitland of The Perfect Way, or the Finding of Christ (1882). Their privately printed letter to the fellows of the London Lodge (December 1883) included Maitland’s comments on Esoteric Buddhism and Kingsford’s open letter to H. S. Olcott. (BCW 6:439).

Co-author with Edward Maitland of The Perfect Way, or the Finding of Christ, published in London in 1882 and in a revised edition in 1887 (BCW 8:462).

English doctor of medicine and mystical writer, daughter of John Bonus. Married, 1867, Rev. Algernon Godfrey Kingsford, vicar of Atcham, Shropshire (BCW 9:438-440).


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Person's short name: A. Kingsford; sortable: Kingsford, A.; for categories: Kingsford A.
Lifetime: 1846-1888
Shortly: English physician and Theosophist; president of the London Lodge T.S.; co-author, with Edward Maitland, of The Perfect Way.

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