David E. de Lara - Revision history

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	~~'''UNDER CONSTRUCTION'''<br>~~		'''David Etienne de Lara''' was a scholar and language teacher present at the meeting that led to the [[Founding of the Theosophical Society\|founding]] of the [[Theosophical Society]] on [[September 8]], 1875.
	~~'''UNDER CONSTRUCTION'''<br>~~
	'''David Etienne de Lara''' was a language teacher present at the meeting that led to the [[Founding of the Theosophical Society\|founding]] of the [[Theosophical Society]] on [[September 8]], 1875.

	Many thanks to Joma Sipe and Marc Demarest for their excellent research related to David E. de Lara, and thanks also to John Patrick Deveney and Boaz Huss for their contributions. Locating biographical details about this family has been complicated by the existence of other David de Laras married to other wives named Sarah in both England and the United States.		Many thanks to Joma Sipe and Marc Demarest for their excellent research related to David E. de Lara, and thanks also to John Patrick Deveney and Boaz Huss for their contributions. Locating biographical details about this family has been complicated by the existence of other David de Laras married to other wives named Sarah in both England and the United States.

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	Mr. de Lara was ~~also~~ in demand as a lecturer on a wide range of topics. At the Manchester Mechanics' Institute, he gave a series of four lectures on the dramatic literature of France, Germany, Spain, and Italy.<ref>''Manchester Courier'' (October 20, 1838): 2.</ref> He gave similar lectures at the Liverpool Literary, Scientific, & Commercial Institution.<ref>H. T. Atkinson, "Liverpool Literary, Scientific, & Commercial Institution" ''Liverpool Mercury'' (June 12, 1835): 1.</ref>		Mr. de Lara was in demand as a lecturer on a wide range of topics. At the Manchester Mechanics' Institute, he gave a series of four lectures on the dramatic literature of France, Germany, Spain, and Italy.<ref>''Manchester Courier'' (October 20, 1838): 2.</ref> He gave similar lectures at the Liverpool Literary, Scientific, & Commercial Institution.<ref>H. T. Atkinson, "Liverpool Literary, Scientific, & Commercial Institution" ''Liverpool Mercury'' (June 12, 1835): 1.</ref>

	After moving to the United States, he continued lecturing. In Boston he gave a series of talks at Tremont Temple [Baptist church] on "the Social, Moral and Political Condition of Russia." The advertisement said that he had "recently returned from St. Petersburg, after a residence of two years.<ref>"Russia and Turkey - Tremont Temple" ''Daily Atlas'' [Boston] (December 13, 1853): 2.</ref> Not all of his lectures were on serious subjects. In 1875 he gave a "satirico-humorous" talk called "Nature and Art, or Love and Marriage" at the synogogue on Lexington Avenue in New York. He was delivering it for the <u>third</u> <u>time</u>, by request.<ref>"The Lecture Season" ''New York Herald'' (November 18, 1875): 9.</ref>		After moving to the United States, he continued lecturing. In Boston he gave a series of talks at Tremont Temple [Baptist church] on "the Social, Moral and Political Condition of Russia." The advertisement said that he had "recently returned from St. Petersburg, after a residence of two years.<ref>"Russia and Turkey - Tremont Temple" ''Daily Atlas'' [Boston] (December 13, 1853): 2.</ref> Not all of his lectures were on serious subjects. In 1875 he gave a "satirico-humorous" talk called "Nature and Art, or Love and Marriage" at the synogogue on Lexington Avenue in New York. He was delivering it for the <u>third</u> <u>time</u>, by request.<ref>"The Lecture Season" ''New York Herald'' (November 18, 1875): 9.</ref>

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	=== Writing for ''New Era'' ===		=== Writing for ''New Era'' ===
	De Lara was associated with [[John Storer Cobb]], another TS founder and editor of the journal ''New Era''.		De Lara was associated with [[John Storer Cobb]], another [[Theosophical Society]] [[Founders\|founder]] and editor of the journal ''New Era''.
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	In June 1873 appeared the first part of a fifteen-part series by “Lara” on “Defence of our National System of Education against the Attacks of the Catholic Press” — a vigorous attack on admitting religion, especially Catholicism, into the public schools, with learned historical digressions on the evil consequences of Catholic political thought. At the conclusion of this diatribe, “Lara,” who now appears by his full name of D.E. de Lara, took up the cudgels again in an eight-part series, beginning in the issue for September 1874, on “Freemasonry, Judaism, and Christianity.” From this and his other contributions we can glean a bit more about the mysterious man whose name appears among those attending the formative meeting of the T.S. on September 8, 1875, and who read a paper before the group on the 18th. David de Lara was first of all quite old, since he mentions a book he had seen in Spain in 1820 or 1821, and he was a Portuguese Jew, a Sephardi.<ref>John Patrick Deveney, "D.E. de Lara, John Storer Cobb, and The New Era" ''Theosophical History'' 15 no.4 (October, 2011): 29.</ref>		In June 1873 appeared the first part of a fifteen-part series by “Lara” on “Defence of our National System of Education against the Attacks of the Catholic Press” — a vigorous attack on admitting religion, especially Catholicism, into the public schools, with learned historical digressions on the evil consequences of Catholic political thought. At the conclusion of this diatribe, “Lara,” who now appears by his full name of D.E. de Lara, took up the cudgels again in an eight-part series, beginning in the issue for September 1874, on “Freemasonry, Judaism, and Christianity.” From this and his other contributions we can glean a bit more about the mysterious man whose name appears among those attending the formative meeting of the T.S. on September 8, 1875, and who read a paper before the group on the 18th. David de Lara was first of all quite old, since he mentions a book he had seen in Spain in 1820 or 1821, and he was a Portuguese Jew, a Sephardi.<ref>John Patrick Deveney, "D.E. de Lara, John Storer Cobb, and The New Era" ''Theosophical History'' 15 no.4 (October, 2011): 29.</ref>
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	[[File:De Lara lecture on art and nature.jpg\|right\|300px\|Lecture announcement, 1875]]		[[File:De Lara lecture on art and nature.jpg\|right\|300px\|Lecture announcement, 1875]]

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	He taught French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Dutch, and German, offering lectures, correspondence courses, or private instruction in his home.<ref>Advertisement in ''Liverpool Mercury'' (November 19, 1830): 1.</ref><ref>Advertisement in ''Liverpool Mercury'' (April 1, 1831):1.</ref><ref>''Liverpool Mercury'' (July 12, 1933): 1.</ref> His instructional approach was innovative at the time, with the object of making students proficient in the aspects of the language that they would be able to use immediately in commercial enterprises.<ref>"On the Spanish Language" ''Liverpool Mercury'' (September 16, 1831): 1-2.</ref><ref>''Liverpool Mercury'' (October 16, 1835): 6.</ref> Many of his students were in Liverpool, a major port for trade with Spain and Portugal, and he gave courses at the Royal Academy, the Academy of Literature and Science, and in evening schools.<ref>"Languages" ''Liverpool Mercury'' (April 1, 1831): 1.</ref><ref>"Evening Schools" ''Liverpool Mercury'' (June 29, 1838): 2.</ref>		He taught French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Dutch, and German, offering lectures, correspondence courses, and private instruction in his home.<ref>Advertisement in ''Liverpool Mercury'' (November 19, 1830): 1.</ref><ref>Advertisement in ''Liverpool Mercury'' (April 1, 1831):1.</ref><ref>''Liverpool Mercury'' (July 12, 1933): 1.</ref> His instructional approach was innovative at the time, with the object of making students proficient in the aspects of the language that they would be able to use immediately in commercial enterprises.<ref>"On the Spanish Language" ''Liverpool Mercury'' (September 16, 1831): 1-2.</ref><ref>''Liverpool Mercury'' (October 16, 1835): 6.</ref> Many of his students were in Liverpool, a major port for trade with Spain and Portugal, and he gave courses at the Royal Academy, the Academy of Literature and Science, and in evening schools.<ref>"Languages" ''Liverpool Mercury'' (April 1, 1831): 1.</ref><ref>"Evening Schools" ''Liverpool Mercury'' (June 29, 1838): 2.</ref>

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	== Personal life ==		== Personal life ==

	David Etienne de Lara was born in 1796 in Amsterdam to a Jewish family of Portuguese descent. His family were probably among of the Sephardic Jews in the Netherlands who referred to themselves as "Hebrews of the Portuguese Nation," distinguishing their community from the Ashkenazi Jews of eastern Europe.<ref>See Miriam Bodian, ''Hebrews of the Portuguese Nation: Conversos and Community in Early Modern Amsterdam'' (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1997), as mentioned in the Wikipedia article [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sephardic_Jews_in_the_Netherlands Sephardic Jews in the Netherlands].</ref> He ~~received~~ was educated an an unspecified university.<ref>"On the Spanish Language" ''Liverpool Mercury'' (September 16, 1831): 1-2.</ref>		David Etienne de Lara was born in 1796 in Amsterdam to a Jewish family of Portuguese descent. His family were probably among of the Sephardic Jews in the Netherlands who referred to themselves as "Hebrews of the Portuguese Nation," distinguishing their community from the Ashkenazi Jews of eastern Europe.<ref>See Miriam Bodian, ''Hebrews of the Portuguese Nation: Conversos and Community in Early Modern Amsterdam'' (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1997), as mentioned in the Wikipedia article [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sephardic_Jews_in_the_Netherlands Sephardic Jews in the Netherlands].</ref> He was educated an an unspecified university.<ref>"On the Spanish Language" ''Liverpool Mercury'' (September 16, 1831): 1-2.</ref>

	During the 1820s he seems to have traveled between the Netherlands and London, working as a language teacher.<ref>David Etienne de Lara in England, Alien Arrivals, 1810-1811, 1826-1869. Arrival in London from Rotterdam on November 9, 1926.</ref> On December 8, 1828, he married Sarah Elizabeth Crawcour (1802-1872), a Jew of Polish Ashkenazi descent, in a Church of England ceremony.<ref>David deLara in London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1938. From church register for Saint James, Paddington.</ref> They had two sons, Etienne and Isaac, and three daughters, Flora, Emma, and Victoria.<ref>1841 England Census.</ref><ref>1855 New York, U.S., State Census.</ref> Despite the Saint James marriage service, the de Lara family were actively engaged in the Jewish community, and all the daughters married Jews.		During the 1820s he seems to have traveled between the Netherlands and London, working as a language teacher.<ref>David Etienne de Lara in England, Alien Arrivals, 1810-1811, 1826-1869. Arrival in London from Rotterdam on November 9, 1926.</ref> On December 8, 1828, he married Sarah Elizabeth Crawcour (1802-1872), a Jew of Polish Ashkenazi descent, in a Church of England ceremony.<ref>David deLara in London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1938. From church register for Saint James, Paddington.</ref> They had two sons, Etienne and Isaac, and three daughters, Flora, Emma, and Victoria.<ref>1841 England Census.</ref><ref>1855 New York, U.S., State Census.</ref> Despite the Saint James marriage service, the de Lara family were actively engaged in the Jewish community, and all the daughters married Jews.

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	Mr. de Lara was also in demand as a lecturer on a wide range of topics. At the Manchester Mechanics' Institute, he gave a series of four lectures on the dramatic literature of France, Germany, Spain, and Italy.<ref>''Manchester Courier'' (October 20, 1838): 2.</ref> He gave similar lectures at the Liverpool Literary, Scientific, & Commercial Institution.<ref>H. T. Atkinson, "Liverpool Literary, Scientific, & Commercial Institution" ''Liverpool Mercury'' (June 12, 1835): 1.</ref>		Mr. de Lara was also in demand as a lecturer on a wide range of topics. At the Manchester Mechanics' Institute, he gave a series of four lectures on the dramatic literature of France, Germany, Spain, and Italy.<ref>''Manchester Courier'' (October 20, 1838): 2.</ref> He gave similar lectures at the Liverpool Literary, Scientific, & Commercial Institution.<ref>H. T. Atkinson, "Liverpool Literary, Scientific, & Commercial Institution" ''Liverpool Mercury'' (June 12, 1835): 1.</ref>

	After moving to the United States, he continued lecturing. In Boston he gave a series of talks at Tremont Temple [Baptist church] on "the Social, Moral and Political Condition of Russia." The advertisement said that he had "recently returned from St. Petersburg, after a residence of two years.<ref>"Russia and Turkey - Tremont Temple" ''Daily Atlas'' [Boston] (December 13, 1853): 2.</ref> Not all of his lectures were on serious subjects. In 1875 he gave a "satirico-humorous" talk called "Nature and Art, or Love and Marriage" at the synogogue on Lexington Avenue in New York.<ref>"The Lecture Season" ''New York Herald'' (November 18, 1875): 9.</ref>		After moving to the United States, he continued lecturing. In Boston he gave a series of talks at Tremont Temple [Baptist church] on "the Social, Moral and Political Condition of Russia." The advertisement said that he had "recently returned from St. Petersburg, after a residence of two years.<ref>"Russia and Turkey - Tremont Temple" ''Daily Atlas'' [Boston] (December 13, 1853): 2.</ref> Not all of his lectures were on serious subjects. In 1875 he gave a "satirico-humorous" talk called "Nature and Art, or Love and Marriage" at the synogogue on Lexington Avenue in New York. He was delivering it for the <u>third</u> <u>time</u>, by request.<ref>"The Lecture Season" ''New York Herald'' (November 18, 1875): 9.</ref>

	== Theosophical Society involvement ==		== Theosophical Society involvement ==

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	[[File:De Lara lecture on art and nature.jpg\|right\|~~250px~~\|Lecture announcement, 1875]]		[[File:De Lara lecture on art and nature.jpg\|right\|300px\|Lecture announcement, 1875]]
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			[[File:De Lara lecture on art and nature.jpg\|right\|250px\|Lecture announcement, 1875]]
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	Mr. de Lara was also in demand as a lecturer on a wide range of topics. At the Manchester Mechanics' Institute, he gave a series of four lectures on the dramatic literature of France, Germany, Spain, and Italy.<ref>~~manchester_courier_10-~~20~~-1838_p2~~ </ref> He gave similar lectures at the Liverpool Literary, Scientific, & Commercial Institution.<ref>H. T. Atkinson, "Liverpool Literary, Scientific, & Commercial Institution" ''Liverpool Mercury'' (June 12, 1835): 1.</ref>		Mr. de Lara was also in demand as a lecturer on a wide range of topics. At the Manchester Mechanics' Institute, he gave a series of four lectures on the dramatic literature of France, Germany, Spain, and Italy.<ref>''Manchester Courier'' (October 20, 1838): 2.</ref> He gave similar lectures at the Liverpool Literary, Scientific, & Commercial Institution.<ref>H. T. Atkinson, "Liverpool Literary, Scientific, & Commercial Institution" ''Liverpool Mercury'' (June 12, 1835): 1.</ref>

			After moving to the United States, he continued lecturing. In Boston he gave a series of talks at Tremont Temple [Baptist church] on "the Social, Moral and Political Condition of Russia." The advertisement said that he had "recently returned from St. Petersburg, after a residence of two years.<ref>"Russia and Turkey - Tremont Temple" ''Daily Atlas'' [Boston] (December 13, 1853): 2.</ref> Not all of his lectures were on serious subjects. In 1875 he gave a "satirico-humorous" talk called "Nature and Art, or Love and Marriage" at the synogogue on Lexington Avenue in New York.<ref>"The Lecture Season" ''New York Herald'' (November 18, 1875): 9.</ref>
	<ref>"The Lecture Season" ''New York Herald'' (November 18, 1875): 9.</ref>

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