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|description=An early member of the Theosophical Society in India. She and her husband, Lieutenant-Colonel William Gordon, joined in 1879. She became president of the Ladies’ Theosophical Society in Calcutta in 1883. Her interests included spiritualism; she published accounts of her experiences. | |description=An early member of the Theosophical Society in India. She and her husband, Lieutenant-Colonel William Gordon, joined in 1879. She became president of the Ladies’ Theosophical Society in Calcutta in 1883. Her interests included spiritualism; she published accounts of her experiences. | ||
Her admission to the Society dates to August 1879. She accompanied the Founders to Benares that December and hosted them and the Sinnetts at Simla in October 1880. {{ctd-source|1=[[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Zirkoff B. - Chronological Survey & Key to Abbreviations (BCW vol.2)|BCW 2:xxviii-xxix,xxxiv]]}} | |||
[[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]] dates her presidency of the Ladies’ Theosophical Society at Calcutta to March 1883. {{ctd-source|1=[[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Zirkoff B. - Chronological Survey & Key to Abbreviations (BCW vol.4)#xxix|BCW 4:xxix]]}} | |||
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Latest revision as of 06:42, 17 October 2026
Alice Gordon
An early member of the Theosophical Society in India. She and her husband, Lieutenant-Colonel William Gordon, joined in 1879. She became president of the Ladies’ Theosophical Society in Calcutta in 1883. Her interests included spiritualism; she published accounts of her experiences.
Her admission to the Society dates to August 1879. She accompanied the Founders to Benares that December and hosted them and the Sinnetts at Simla in October 1880. (B. de Zirkoff, BCW 2:xxviii-xxix,xxxiv)
B. de Zirkoff dates her presidency of the Ladies’ Theosophical Society at Calcutta to March 1883. (B. de Zirkoff, BCW 4:xxix)
Some links:
- CTD article in Russian: Гордон, Элис
- Theosophy Wiki: Alice Gordon
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