July 26

July 26 is the 207th day of the year (208th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. It is preceded by July 25, and succeeded by July 27. Following July 26, there are 158 days in the year.

Blavatsky's Gem of the Day

"Pagodas are measured by their shadows, and great men by their enviers."

Events

• 1884 – C. C. Massey published an article in Light announcing his reasons for resigning from the Theosophical Society.

Births

• 1847 – Dr. Jerome A. Anderson, early American Theosophist and editor of The New Californian and The Pacific Theosophist. (d. December 25, 1903)

Deaths

• 1941 – Benjamin Lee Whorf (b. April 24, 1897), an American Theosophist who worked with linguist Edward Sapir to develop the "Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis" of language and culture.

Holidays and observances

• None listed for this date.

External links

• This Date in Wikipedia