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'''R. B. Westbrook''' was a judge who was present at the October 30, 1875 meeting of the newly formed [[Theosophical Society]] at Mott Memorial Hall in New York City. He was elected as a Councillor. Historian [[Josephine Ransom]] wrote of him: | '''R. B. Westbrook''' was a judge who was present at the October 30, 1875 meeting of the newly formed [[Theosophical Society]] at Mott Memorial Hall in New York City. He was elected as a Councillor. Historian [[Josephine Ransom]] wrote of him: | ||
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JUDGE R. B. WESTBROOK was for a time a Professor of Philology in a British University. He was made a Vice-President of the Society in 1877, and was much appreciated by H. P. B.; | JUDGE R. B. WESTBROOK was for a time a Professor of Philology in a British University. He was made a Vice-President of the Society in 1877, and was much appreciated by H.P.B.; but nothing more was said of him.<ref>Josephine Ransom, ''A Short History of The Theosophical Society'' (Adyar, Madras, India: The Theosophical Publishing House, 1938), 114.</ref> | ||
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His wife was also acquainted with [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky]], according to one of her letters.<ref>H. P. Blavatsky, ''The Letters of H.P. Blavatsky, Volume 1'' (Wheaton, Illinois: Theosophical Publishing House, 2003), 253 and 256.</ref> | His wife was also acquainted with [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky]], according to one of her letters.<ref>H. P. Blavatsky, ''The Letters of H.P. Blavatsky, Volume 1'' (Wheaton, Illinois: Theosophical Publishing House, 2003), 253 and 256.</ref> | ||
In 1889 he published an article entitled [http://www.blavatskyarchives.com/westbrook.htm# "Reminiscences of Original American Theosophists"]. | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
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[[Category:Founders|Westbrook, R. B.]] | |||
[[Category:Attorneys|Westbrook, R. B.]] | |||
Revision as of 22:53, 19 February 2014
R. B. Westbrook was a judge who was present at the October 30, 1875 meeting of the newly formed Theosophical Society at Mott Memorial Hall in New York City. He was elected as a Councillor. Historian Josephine Ransom wrote of him:
JUDGE R. B. WESTBROOK was for a time a Professor of Philology in a British University. He was made a Vice-President of the Society in 1877, and was much appreciated by H.P.B.; but nothing more was said of him.[1]
His wife was also acquainted with Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, according to one of her letters.[2]
In 1889 he published an article entitled "Reminiscences of Original American Theosophists".