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Scottish homeopathic physician (1821-1906), interested in mesmerism and psychical research. He became president of the British branch of the Theosophical Society but resigned in 1882 over religious differences. He was also a founding member and first-council member of the Society for Psychical Research, and wrote ''Theosophy and the Higher Life''. {{ctd-source|BCW|3|538-539}}.
Scottish homeopathic physician (1821-1906), interested in mesmerism and psychical research. He became president of the British branch of the Theosophical Society but resigned in 1882 over religious differences. He was also a founding member and first-council member of the Society for Psychical Research, and wrote ''Theosophy and the Higher Life''. {{ctd-source|BCW|3|538-539}}.
In the preface to the second edition of his book on Theosophy, explained that he left the Theosophical Society after finding that [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]] did not recognise a personal God. {{ctd-source|1=[[Zirkoff, Boris|B. de Zirkoff]], [[Blavatsky H.P. - The Leaven of Theosophy|BCW 3:53]]}}
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