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[[File:Frederick J. Dick.jpg|150px|right|thumb|Frederick J. Dick]]
'''Frederick J. Dick''' (1856-1927) was a close student of [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky]], a resident of the [[Point Loma]] community, and the brother-in-law of [[Herbert Coryn]]. He was a mathematician and civil engineer, Head of the Harbors and Lighthouse Board for Ireland.<ref>Boris de Zirkoff letter to Dorothy M. Emerson. July 24, 1975. Boris de Zirkoff Papers. Records Series 22. Theosophical Society in America Archives.</ref>

[[Boris de Zirkoff]] wrote of him:
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A royal man! Cabinet Officer of the Theos. Soc. of Point Loma, and Prof. of Mathematics. Died of a stroke at Point Loma, May 24, 1927; he was 71 only and actively working. Joined in Dublin in 1888, pupil of HPB herself. Came to Point Loma, 1905. Largely responsible for the starting of the Gaelic Movement in the Dublin Lodge TS. Prolific writer in [[The Theosophical Path (periodical)|"The Theosophical Path"]] and other magazines. Prepared a new edition of HPB's [[Isis Unveiled (book)|<u>Isis Unveiled</u>]], checking an enormous number of quotations for accuracy, and making a most valuable index and bibliographical index besides. Married first Mrs. Annie P. Dick, whose maiden name I do not know, a woman of rare spirituality and culture; she died in 1904. Then he married Miss Fanny [Frances] Coryn, sister of Herbert Coryn, M.D., also a personal pupil of HPB in the London days. Dick was very similar to [[William Quan Judge|W.Q.Judge]] in many ways.<ref>Boris de Zirkoff letter to Alan Denson. November 26, 1957. Boris de Zirkoff Papers. Records Series 22. Theosophical Society in America Archives.</ref>
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== Writings and editorial work ==
 
The [[Union Index of Theosophical Periodicals]] lists '''[https://theosophicalsociety.org.au/union_index/entries?q=Frederick+J+Dick&s=author an article by Frederick J. Dick]''' in an 1890 issue of [[Lucifer (periodical)|''Lucifer'']], and '''[https://theosophicalsociety.org.au/union_index/entries?q=FJ+Dick&s=author 2 articles by FJ Dick]''' in [[The Irish Theosophist (periodical)|''The Irish Theosophist'']] in 1896.

== Additional resources ==
* [https://www.theosophy.world/encyclopedia/dick-frederick-j Dick, Frederick J.] in Theosophy World.
* Ashcraft, W. Michael. ''The Dawn of the New Cycle: Point Loma Theosophists and American Culture''. Knoxville, TN: University of Tennessee Press, 2002.
* Greenwalt, Emmett A. ''California Utopia: Point Loma: 1897-1942'' 2nd revised edition San Diego, CA: Point Loma Publications, 1978.
* See also tributes to FJD in ''The San Diego Union'' May 27-28, 1927, per Boris de Zirkoff.

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