Quotes:Moor, Edward

Zirkoff, Boris

Moor, Edward. English soldier and writer; b. 1771 ; d. at Westminster, Feb. 26, 1848. Appointed cadet on the Bombay establishment of the East India Co., 1882; transf. to Madras establ.; lieutenant, 1888; at 17 years of age, quarter-master of the 9th battalion native infantry. Very proficient in native languages. Severely wounded in the 1790 war, at the siege of Dharwar; returned home on sick leave. Commissary-general at Bombay, 1799. Left India, 1805; retired from Company’s service, 180Ö. His two chief works are: *Hindoo Pantheon. London: printed for J. Johnson, 1810. 4to. xiv, 451 pp. Contains numerous engravings by J. Dadley, from the drawings of Μ. Houghton. A “new edition” condensed and annotated by W. O. Simpson (Madras, 1864, 8vo) lacks the plate which H. P. B. refers to.—Oriental Fragments, London, 1834.

Source: Boris de Zirkoff, «H. P. Blavatsky Collected Writings», vol. 7, p. 384