biography
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Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna
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née Hahn, known as Madame Blavatsky
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pronunciation:
[blavatskee]
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| female
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| lived:
| (1831–91)
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| biography:
| Theosophist, born in Yekaterinoslav (now Dnepropetrovsk), SC Ukraine. She had a brief marriage in her teens to a Russian general, but left him and travelled widely in the East. She moved to the USA in 1873, and in 1875, with Henry Steel Olcott, founded the Theosophical Society in New York City, later carrying on her work in India. Her psychic powers were widely acclaimed by her large following that included Annie Besant. |
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