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Henry Steel Olcott ['ɔlkət] (* 2. August 1832 in Orange (New Jersey), USA; † 17. Februar 1907 in Adyar ( Madras ), Indien) war ein US-amerikanischer Theosoph, einer der Gründer und erster Präsident der Theosophischen Gesellschaft. Später konvertierte er zum Buddhismus.
Colonel Henry Steel Olcott (2 August 1832 – 17 February 1907) was an American military officer, journalist, lawyer, Freemason (member of Huguenot Lodge #448, now #46) and the co-founder and first president of the Theosophical Society. Olcott was the first well-known American of European ancestry to make a formal conversion to ...
29. März 2024 · Henry Steel Olcott (born August 2, 1832, Orange, New Jersey, U.S.—died February 17, 1907, Adyar, Madras [now Chennai], India) was an American author, attorney, philosopher, and cofounder of the Theosophical Society, a religious sect incorporating aspects of Buddhism, Brahmanism, and Christian esotericism. Olcott was agricultural ...
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30. Jan. 2024 · Henry Steel Olcott (August 2, 1832 – February 17, 1907) was an agriculturist, American military officer, journalist, lawyer, and co-founder of the Theosophical Society. He held the title of President-Founder of the Society from 1875 till his death in 1907.
Colonel Henry Steel Olcott (1832-1907), founder and first president of the Theosophical Society, is well-known as the first prominent person of Western descent to make a formal conversion to Buddhism. His subsequent actions as president of the Theosophical Society helped Buddhism into a new renaissance.
Olcott, Henry Steel. (1832-1907). First President and Co-Founder of the Theosophical Society (TS). Born August 2, 1832, at Orange, New Jersey, Olcott was the eldest of six children of Henry Wyckoff Olcott and Emily Steel. He studied at the College of the City of New York and at Columbia University until his father’s business failed in 1851.
29. Juni 2019 · Learn how a 19th century American lawyer became a Buddhist pioneer in Sri Lanka. Discover his spiritual journey from spiritualism to Theosophy and his contributions to Buddhism.
