biography
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Besant, Annie
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née Wood
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pronunciation:
[beznt]
| sex:
| female
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| lived:
| (1847–1933)
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| biography:
| Theosophist, born in London, UK, the sister-in-law of Sir Walter Besant. After her separation in 1873 from her husband, the Rev Frank Besant, she became vice-president of the National Secular Society (1874). A close associate of Charles Bradlaugh, she was an ardent proponent of birth control and Socialism. In 1889, after meeting Madame Blavatsky, she developed an interest in theosophy, and went out to India, where she became involved in the independence movement. |
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