Besant, Annie (1847 - 1933)
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| Short name | Besant, Annie |
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| VIAF | http://viaf.org/viaf/68925562/ |
| First name | Annie |
| Birth name | Besant |
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| Alternative name | Annie Besant-Wood |
| Date of birth | 1847 |
| Date of death | 1933 |
| Flourishing | - |
| Sex | Female |
| Place of birth | London |
| Place of death | Adyar (Chennai) |
| Lived in | England |
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| Father | |
| Children | |
| Religion / ideology | Protestant |
| Education | |
| Aristocratic title | - |
| Professional or ecclesiastical title | - |
Besant, Annie was ...
| related to | Leffler, Anne Charlotte |
| related to | Muysken, Gertrude |
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| Memberships | The Hyderabad (Sind) National Collegiate Board (Mumbai, India) |
| Place(s) of Residence | England |
Author of
| receptions | circulations | |
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| Industry under Socialism (1889) | 1 | 0 |
| Why I became a Theosophist (1889) | 2 | 0 |
| Reincarnation (1892) | 4 | 1 |
| *Theosophie en materialisme (Theosophy and materialism) (1894) | 2 | 0 |
| In the outer court (1895) | 1 | 0 |
| The Bhagavad Gîtâ (1896) | 1 | 0 |
| *Människan, herre öfver sitt öde (1898) | 1 | 0 |
| Esoteric Christianity; or, the Lesser Mysteries (1901) | 1 | 0 |
| When a Man dies, shall he live again? A lecture (1904) | 1 | 0 |
| Study in Consciousness (1904) | 2 | 0 |
| *Changing Times: eight lectures (1909) | 1 | 0 |
| The Coming Generation and the Coming Christ. A lecture. (1911) | 1 | 0 |
| The riddle of life, and how Theosophy answers it (1911) | 1 | 0 |
| Mysticism (1912) | 1 | 0 |
| Man: Whence, How and Wither (1913) | 1 | 0 |
| *Education for a new age (1919) | 1 | 0 |
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-Circulations of Besant, Annie, the person (for circulations of her works, see under each individual Work)
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Receptions of Besant, Annie, the person
For receptions of her works, see under each individual Work.
| Title | Author | Date | Type |
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| *Lemma in Mannen (en Vrouwen) van betekenis in onze dagen | Manette Bruijel - de Favauge | 1904 | comments on person |
| Iz teozofije From Theosophy | Podlesnik, Ivan | 1908 | quotes person |
| Annie Besant: en moderne pioner : biografisk skitse Annie Besant: a modern pioneer | Olive (Lilly) Johanne Dorothea Heber | 1927 | is biography of |
| Unknown author, photograph of Annie Besant, circa 1897 | None | is portrait of |
Children: Arthur and Mabel.
Feminist.