John Storer Cobb

John Storer Cobb was present at the founding of the Theosophical Society in September, 1875. As historian Josephine Ransom described him:

English barrister and Doctor of Laws. Ex-editor of the New Era Magazine, the organ of the Reformed Jews. Was a leader in the Cremation Movement. He was sent as Presidential Agent, by the Council in New York, to assist in the foundation of the British Theosophical Society of the Arya Samaj of Aryavarta, 1878. He lost interest and disappeared.