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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"].
In 1889 he published an article entitled '''[http://www.blavatskyarchives.com/westbrook.htm# "Reminiscences of Original American Theosophists"]'''.


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Revision as of 14:53, 8 October 2017

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".

Notes

  1. Josephine Ransom, A Short History of The Theosophical Society (Adyar, Madras, India: The Theosophical Publishing House, 1938), 114.
  2. H. P. Blavatsky, The Letters of H.P. Blavatsky, Volume 1 (Wheaton, Illinois: Theosophical Publishing House, 2003), 253 and 256.