Herbert Burrows
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Herbert Burrows (June 12, 1845 – December 14, 1922) was a British socialist activist and a Theosophist. He had a longstanding friendship with Annie Besant with whom he organized the famous London matchgirls strike of 1888.
Personal life
Social activism
Theosophical Society involvement
Burrows was acquainted with members of the Theosophical Society long before he became a member himself. He was admitted to the Blavatsky Lodge in London on May 21, 1889.[1]
He had to say of Madame Blavatsky:
Her absolute indifference to all outward forms was a true indifference based upon her inner spiritual knowledge of the verities of the universe. Setting by her when strangers came, as they often did from every corner of the earth, I have often watched with the keenest amusement their wonder at seeing a woman who always said what she thought. Given a prince and she would probably shock him, given a poor man and he would have her last shilling and her kindliest word.[2]
Editorial work and writing
Notes
- ↑ Theosophical Society General Membership Register, 1875-1942 at http://tsmembers.org/. See book 1, entry 4986 (website file: 1B/54).
- ↑ Daniel H. Caldwell, The Occult World of Madame Blavatsky (Tucson, Arizona: Impossible Dream Publications, 1991), 272-273.