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|description=American journalist, publicist and poet, of Malden, Massachusetts, near Boston. Worked for the ''Boston Herald'' as a correspondent, including travels in Mexico and the American Southwest; later a prominent advocate for metropolitan parks in the Boston area. President of the Malden Branch of the Theosophical Society. Contributed [[Baxter_S_-_Apollonius_and_the_Mahatmas|"Apollonius and the Mahatmas"]] (read before the Malden Branch, October-November 1886) and, signed "S. B.", [[Baxter S - Paracelsus|"Paracelsus"]] (April 1887) to ''The Path'', and co-authored with [[Judge, William Quan|W. Q. Judge]], under the joint signature "S. B. J.", the series [[Baxter_S_Judge_WQ_-_Poetical_Occultism|"Poetical Occultism"]] (from October 1886). | |description=American journalist, publicist and poet, of Malden, Massachusetts, near Boston. Worked for the ''Boston Herald'' as a correspondent, including travels in Mexico and the American Southwest; later a prominent advocate for metropolitan parks in the Boston area. President of the Malden Branch of the Theosophical Society. Contributed [[Baxter_S_-_Apollonius_and_the_Mahatmas|"Apollonius and the Mahatmas"]] (read before the Malden Branch, October-November 1886) and, signed "S. B.", [[Baxter S - Paracelsus|"Paracelsus"]] (April-May 1887) and [[Baxter S - Reincarnations of Mahatmas|"Reincarnations of Mahatmas"]] (July 1887) to ''The Path'', and co-authored with [[Judge, William Quan|W. Q. Judge]], under the joint signature "S. B. J.", the series [[Baxter_S_Judge_WQ_-_Poetical_Occultism|"Poetical Occultism"]] (from October 1886). | ||
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Sylvester Baxter
(6 February 1850 − 10 November 1927)
American journalist, publicist and poet, of Malden, Massachusetts, near Boston. Worked for the Boston Herald as a correspondent, including travels in Mexico and the American Southwest; later a prominent advocate for metropolitan parks in the Boston area. President of the Malden Branch of the Theosophical Society. Contributed "Apollonius and the Mahatmas" (read before the Malden Branch, October-November 1886) and, signed "S. B.", "Paracelsus" (April-May 1887) and "Reincarnations of Mahatmas" (July 1887) to The Path, and co-authored with W. Q. Judge, under the joint signature "S. B. J.", the series "Poetical Occultism" (from October 1886).
Some links:
- Works: Baxter, Sylvester (works)
- CTD article in Russian: Бакстер, Сильвестр
- Other resources: Wikipedia
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Lifetime: 1850-1927
Shortly: American journalist, publicist and poet, of Malden, Massachusetts, near Boston. Worked for the Bos...