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|description=An English artist and an early member of the Theosophical Society. He accompanied H. P. Blavatsky and H. S. Olcott to India in 1879. His work included the design of the cover and engraving of the heading of ''The Theosophist'', as well as a portrait of Blavatsky. He left the Society in 1880. | |||
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|tsw en= | The cover drawing was ready on 31 July 1879, and engraving began on 2 September. In September 1880 he publicly disputed with [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]]; her annotations to his reply survive in her scrapbook. {{ctd-source|1=[[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Zirkoff B. - The Founding of The Theosophist|BCW 2:83-84]], [[Zirkoff B. - H.P. Blavatsky and Edward Wimbridge|BCW 2:479-481]]}} | ||
On 27 February 1881 he joined [[Bates, R.|R. Bates]] and Krishnarao in distributing circulars against the Founders of the Theosophical Society during [[Olcott, Henry Steel|H. S. Olcott]]’s lecture in Bombay. {{ctd-source|1=[[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Zirkoff B. - Chronological Survey & Key to Abbreviations (BCW vol.3)|BCW 3:xxiv]]}} | |||
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|ctd rus=Уимбридж, Эдвард | |ctd rus=Уимбридж, Эдвард | ||
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Zirkoff adds that Wimbridge etched a portrait of H.P.B. in copper, and that after Rosa Bates left the Society following a dispute, he departed with her; he later prospered in a furniture business in India and died at Bombay, May 13, 1898. {{ctd-source|BCW|1|533}}. | |||
|mentioned in=[[Zirkoff B. - The Founding of The Theosophist|The Founding of “The Theosophist”]] ([[Zirkoff B. - The Founding of The Theosophist|BCW 2:83-84]]); [[Zirkoff B. - H.P. Blavatsky and Edward Wimbridge|H.P. Blavatsky and Edward Wimbridge]] ([[Zirkoff B. - H.P. Blavatsky and Edward Wimbridge|BCW 2:479-481]]); [[Zirkoff B. - Chronological Survey & Key to Abbreviations (BCW vol.3)|Chronological Survey & Key to Abbreviations (BCW vol.3)]] ([[Zirkoff B. - Chronological Survey & Key to Abbreviations (BCW vol.3)|BCW 3:xxiv]]) | |||
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E. Wimbridge
An English artist and an early member of the Theosophical Society. He accompanied H. P. Blavatsky and H. S. Olcott to India in 1879. His work included the design of the cover and engraving of the heading of The Theosophist, as well as a portrait of Blavatsky. He left the Society in 1880.
The cover drawing was ready on 31 July 1879, and engraving began on 2 September. In September 1880 he publicly disputed with H. P. Blavatsky; her annotations to his reply survive in her scrapbook. (B. de Zirkoff, BCW 2:83-84, BCW 2:479-481)
On 27 February 1881 he joined R. Bates and Krishnarao in distributing circulars against the Founders of the Theosophical Society during H. S. Olcott’s lecture in Bombay. (B. de Zirkoff, BCW 3:xxiv)
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- Quotes: [[Quotes:Wimbridge, Edward#Boris de Zirkoff Zirkoff adds that Wimbridge etched a portrait of H.P.B. in copper, and that after Rosa Bates left the Society following a dispute, he departed with her|Boris de Zirkoff Zirkoff adds that Wimbridge etched a portrait of H.P.B. in copper, and that after Rosa Bates left the Society following a dispute, he departed with her]], he later prospered in a furniture business in India and died at Bombay, May 13, 1898.  |"> , [[Quotes:Wimbridge, Edward#(<span style="font-style: italic|(BCW SMW::off1:533).|" title="'H. P. Blavatsky Collected Writings' compiled by B. de Zirkoff">BCW 1:533).]]
- CTD article in Russian: Уимбридж, Эдвард
- Theosophy Wiki: Biographical source
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