Henry Steel Olcott
1832-1907
Henry Steel Olcott
(English: Henry Steel Olcott)
(2 August 1832 − 17 February 1907)
American agriculturist, military officer, journalist and lawyer; President-Founder of The Theosophical Society, together with H. P. Blavatsky, in 1875, and its first and life-long President (1875-1907). His contribution towards the revival of Buddhism in Ceylon is one of the most significant by-products of his Theosophical activity, the repercussions of which are heard even today in various parts of the Buddhist world. (BCW 1:503-518).
The bibliography lists People from the Other World (1875), the first series of Old Diary Leaves (1895; second edition, 1941), and the original daily diaries preserved in the Adyar Archives. (BCW 2:538).
The bibliography includes his diaries from 1878 onward, preserved in the Adyar Archives, Buddhist Catechism (1881), Theosophy, Religion and Occult Science (1885), and Old Diary Leaves (1895; second edition, Adyar, 1941). (BCW 3:516).
Some links:
- Quotes: Zirkoff, Boris
- CTD article in Russian: Олкотт, Генри Стил
- Theosophy Wiki: Henry Steel Olcott
- Other resources: Theosophy World Encyclopedia
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Person's short name: H. S. Olcott; sortable: Olcott, H. S.; for categories: Olcott H.S.
Lifetime: 1832-1907
Shortly: American agriculturist, military officer, journalist and lawyer; President-Founder of The Theosophic...