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Assumed legal and editorial responsibility for The Theosophist on 1 November 1887. On 23 December he began transferring books to the new Adyar Library premises; the first book transferred was Isis Unveiled. {{ctd-source|1=[[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Zirkoff B. - Chronological Survey & Key to Abbreviations (BCW vol.8)#xxii|BCW 8:xxii-xxiii]]}} | Assumed legal and editorial responsibility for The Theosophist on 1 November 1887. On 23 December he began transferring books to the new Adyar Library premises; the first book transferred was Isis Unveiled. {{ctd-source|1=[[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Zirkoff B. - Chronological Survey & Key to Abbreviations (BCW vol.8)#xxii|BCW 8:xxii-xxiii]]}} | ||
In spring 1888 he recuperated with the Morgans at Ootacamund and bought land for the future cottage Gulisthan, intended as a retreat for [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]], himself and friends. He returned to Adyar on 12 June. {{ctd-source|1=[[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Zirkoff B. - Chronological Survey & Key to Abbreviations (BCW vol.9)#xxiv|BCW 9:xxiv-xxv]]}} | |||
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|other resources=[https://www.theosophy.world/encyclopedia/olcott-henry-steel Theosophy World Encyclopedia] | |other resources=[https://www.theosophy.world/encyclopedia/olcott-henry-steel Theosophy World Encyclopedia] | ||
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|mentioned in=[[Blavatsky H.P. - A Word with our Friends|A Word with our Friends]] ([[Blavatsky H.P. - A Word with our Friends|BCW 3:13]]); [[Zirkoff B. - Chronological Survey & Key to Abbreviations (BCW vol.8)|Chronological Survey & Key to Abbreviations (BCW vol.8)]] ([[Zirkoff B. - Chronological Survey & Key to Abbreviations (BCW vol.8)#xxii|BCW 8:xxii-xxiii]]) | |mentioned in=[[Blavatsky H.P. - A Word with our Friends|A Word with our Friends]] ([[Blavatsky H.P. - A Word with our Friends|BCW 3:13]]); [[Zirkoff B. - Chronological Survey & Key to Abbreviations (BCW vol.8)|Chronological Survey & Key to Abbreviations (BCW vol.8)]] ([[Zirkoff B. - Chronological Survey & Key to Abbreviations (BCW vol.8)#xxii|BCW 8:xxii-xxiii]]); [[Zirkoff B. - Chronological Survey & Key to Abbreviations (BCW vol.9)|Chronological Survey & Key to Abbreviations (BCW vol.9)]] ([[Zirkoff B. - Chronological Survey & Key to Abbreviations (BCW vol.9)#xxiv|BCW 9:xxiv-xxv]]) | ||
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Revision as of 14:11, 19 October 2026
(2 August 1832 − 17 February 1907)
The bibliography lists People from the Other World (1875), the first series of Old Diary Leaves (1895; second edition, 1941), and the original daily diaries preserved in the Adyar Archives. (BCW 2:538).
The bibliography includes his diaries from 1878 onward, preserved in the Adyar Archives, Buddhist Catechism (1881), Theosophy, Religion and Occult Science (1885), and Old Diary Leaves (1895; second edition, Adyar, 1941). (BCW 3:516).
Zirkoff lists his Buddhist Catechism (Colombo, 1881), translation of Adolphe d’Assier’s Posthumous Humanity, and six-volume history of the Theosophical Society, Old Diary Leaves (1895-1935). (BCW 5:379).
De Zirkoff lists A Buddhist Catechism (1881), People from the Other World (1875), the six volumes of Old Diary Leaves, and thirty volumes of diaries preserved in the Adyar archives. (BCW 6:442).
Bibliographical references include: Old Diary Leaves. The True History of The Theosophical Society. Vol. I. New York and London: G. P. Putnam’s Sons; Madras: The Theosophist, 1895. x, 2, 491 pp. pl (BCW 9:446).
The bibliography lists the second and third series of Old Diary Leaves, published in 1900 and 1904 respectively (BCW 10:426).
Served as secretary of the National Insurance Convention in New York in 1871 and compiled its two-volume official report with his own prefaces. On page 124 of the first volume he pencilled a note that he had been paid $5,000. (B. de Zirkoff, BCW 3:13)
Assumed legal and editorial responsibility for The Theosophist on 1 November 1887. On 23 December he began transferring books to the new Adyar Library premises; the first book transferred was Isis Unveiled. (B. de Zirkoff, BCW 8:xxii-xxiii)
In spring 1888 he recuperated with the Morgans at Ootacamund and bought land for the future cottage Gulisthan, intended as a retreat for H. P. Blavatsky, himself and friends. He returned to Adyar on 12 June. (B. de Zirkoff, BCW 9:xxiv-xxv)
Some links:
- Quotes: Zirkoff, Boris
- CTD article in Russian: Олкотт, Генри Стил
- Theosophy Wiki: Henry Steel Olcott
- Other resources: Theosophy World Encyclopedia
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Person's short name: H. S. Olcott; sortable: Olcott, H. S.; for categories: Olcott H.S.
Lifetime: 1832-1907
Shortly: American agriculturist, military officer, journalist and lawyer; President-Founder of The Theosophic...