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According to [[Readers Guide to The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett (book)|''Readers Guide to The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett'']]:<br> | According to [[Readers Guide to The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett (book)|''Readers Guide to The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett'']]:<br> | ||
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Crawford, Lord, James Ludovic Lindsay, 1847-1913, 26th Earl of Crawford and 9th Earl of Balcarres. A prominent British astronomer and man of note. He was interested in occultism and had been in touch with [[A. P. Sinnett|APS]] and [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky|HPB]]. He was for a time a [[ | Crawford, Lord, James Ludovic Lindsay, 1847-1913, 26th Earl of Crawford and 9th Earl of Balcarres. A prominent British astronomer and man of note. He was interested in occultism and had been in touch with [[A. P. Sinnett|APS]] and [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky|HPB]]. He was for a time a [[Council of the Theosophical Society|councilor]] of the TS. [[Koot Hoomi|KH]] speaks very highly of him ([[The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett (book)|ML]], pp. 26-7). He was reputed to have one of the largest private libraries in England. At the time of his death, he had in his possession some letters from HPB and other interesting material. These were retrieved by Mrs. Doris Groves, of the TS in England, for the Society. See [[The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett (book)|ML]] index; [[Damodar and the Pioneers of the Theosophical Movement (book)|D]] p. 635; [[H. P. Blavatsky Collected Writings (book)| HPB]] II: 554.<ref>George E. Linton and Virginia Hanson, eds., ''Readers Guide to The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett'' (Adyar, Chennai, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1972), 225.</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 16:00, 10 July 2012
According to Readers Guide to The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett:
Crawford, Lord, James Ludovic Lindsay, 1847-1913, 26th Earl of Crawford and 9th Earl of Balcarres. A prominent British astronomer and man of note. He was interested in occultism and had been in touch with APS and HPB. He was for a time a councilor of the TS. KH speaks very highly of him (ML, pp. 26-7). He was reputed to have one of the largest private libraries in England. At the time of his death, he had in his possession some letters from HPB and other interesting material. These were retrieved by Mrs. Doris Groves, of the TS in England, for the Society. See ML index; D p. 635; HPB II: 554.[1]
Notes
- ↑ George E. Linton and Virginia Hanson, eds., Readers Guide to The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett (Adyar, Chennai, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1972), 225.