Edward Wimbridge
Edward Wimbridge accompanied the Founders to India in 1879, along with Rosa Bates. Henry Steel Olcott wrote in his diary entry on July 31, 1879 that Mr. Wimbridge designed the cover and engraved the heading for The Theosophist. For a brief time, he was a member of the General Council of the Theosophical Society.[1]
Wimbridge used the letters "G.R.I.B.A." after his name, and this was probably some sort of academic degree.[2]
Additional details about Wimbridge were published in a circular letter of September 7, 1880, addressed to "Theosophists and Arya Samajists" by Henry S. Olcott and H. P. Blavatsky, which was printed in the Indian periodical The Vivekavarthani at the urging of Damodar K. Mavalankar. In it the Founders stated that Bates and Wimbridge had become members a few weeks before sailing for India. The two did not assist in establishing the Society in India, and did not sympathize with the Founders' activities. Wimbridge was occupied in establishing a private business at Bombay. Rosa Bates got into a rather public quarrel with another woman and was eventually expelled from the Society. Wimbridge resigned in her support.[3]
Notes
- ↑ "The Theosophical Society," The Theosophist 1.8 (May, 1880), 214.
- ↑ "The Theosophical Society," The Theosophist 1.8 (May, 1880), 214.
- ↑ Henry S. Olcott and H. P. Blavatsky circular letter to Theosophists and Arya Samajists. September 7,1880. Published in The Vivekavarthani pages 159-160. Photostat of article is in Sidney Cook correspondence. Boris de Zirkoff Papers. Records Series 22. Theosophical Society in America Archives.