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|short name=Pancoast
|short name=Pancoast
|initials=S.
|initials=S.
|description=American physician, mystic and occultist, of Philadelphia; professor of anatomy and later of microscopic anatomy and physiology at the Institute of Medicine, Penn Medical University. Acquainted with [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]] before the Theosophical Society was founded; present at the meeting of September 7, 1875, that led to its forming, and elected a Vice-President on October 30, 1875, before the Society's inaugural meeting. Remained a member until his death. Author of ''The Kabbalah: or, The True Science of Light; an Introduction to the Philosophy and Theosophy of the Ancient Sages'' (Philadelphia: J. M. Stoddart & Co., 1877; reprinted New York: R. Worthington, 1883) and of medical works under his own name and the pseudonyms "Lex" and "Lex et Lux". Contributed [[Pancoast S. - Kabbalah|"Kabbalah"]] (April 1886) and "The Mystery of Numbers" (May 1886) to ''The Path''.
|description=American physician, mystic and occultist, of Philadelphia; professor of anatomy and later of microscopic anatomy and physiology at the Institute of Medicine, Penn Medical University. Acquainted with [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]] before the Theosophical Society was founded; present at the meeting of September 7, 1875, that led to its forming, and elected a Vice-President on October 30, 1875, before the Society's inaugural meeting. Remained a member until his death. Author of ''The Kabbalah: or, The True Science of Light; an Introduction to the Philosophy and Theosophy of the Ancient Sages'' (Philadelphia: J. M. Stoddart & Co., 1877; reprinted New York: R. Worthington, 1883) and of medical works under his own name and the pseudonyms "Lex" and "Lex et Lux". Contributed [[Pancoast S. - Kabbalah|"Kabbalah"]] (April 1886) and [[Pancoast S. - The Mystery of Numbers|"The Mystery of Numbers"]] (May 1886) to ''The Path''.
|start=1823-07-28
|start=1823-07-28
|end=1889-12-16
|end=1889-12-16