biography
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Olcott, Henry Steel
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| male
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| lived:
| (1832–1907)
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| biography:
| Theosophist, born in Orange, New Jersey, USA. A lawyer by training, he studied theosophy under Madame Blavatsky, and was founder president of the Theosophical Society in 1875. He travelled to India and Ceylon with her (1879–84), but they fell out in 1885. He opened schools for untouchables in India, and became an associate of Annie Besant. |
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