Gerald Massey
1828–1907
Gerald Massey
(English: Gerald Massey)
(29 May 1828 − 29 October 1907)
(1828–1907)
English poet, freethinker and writer on comparative mythology. His books include A Book of the Beginnings and The Natural Genesis, which Helena Petrovna Blavatsky discussed in her writings.
Author of A Book of the Beginnings, published in London by Williams and Norgate in two volumes in 1881. (BCW 3:515).
The appendix refers to his biographical sketch elsewhere in the collected writings. (BCW 4:657).
English poet and Egyptologist. He was the son of Wm. Massey, a canal boatman, and his wife Mary. His father brought up a large family on a weekly wage of some ten shillings (BCW 8:465-467).
Bibliographical references include: “The Name and Nature of the Christ,” in the Agnostic Annual of 1888. The Natural Genesis. London: Williams and Norgate, 1883. 2 vols. Vide Volume VIII, pp. 465-67, for comprehensive sketch about the author and his work (BCW 9:444).
Some links:
- Quotes: Zirkoff, Boris
- CTD article in Russian: Мэсси, Джеральд
- Theosophy Wiki: Gerald Massey
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