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Annie Wood Besant

1 October 1847 - 20 September 1933

A prominent British socialist, theosophist, women's rights activist, writer and orator and supporter of Irish and Indian self-rule (Wikipedia).

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  • Cover of: Legends and tales

    First published in 1913 2 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition legendsandtales00besagoog
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  • Cover of: Shri Rama Chandra, the Ideal King: Some Lessons from the Ramayana for the ...

    First published in 1901 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Eine Studie über das Bewusstsein: ein Beitrag zur Psychologie

    First published in 1906 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: doctrine of the heart: extracts from Hindu letters

    First published in 1914 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Four great religions: four lectures delivered on the twenty-first anniversary of the Theosophical society at Adyar, Madras

    First published in 1897 4 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Dharma, of the meaning of right and wrong: three lectures delivered at the eight annual convention of the Indian section of the Theosophical Society

    First published in 1913 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: pedigree of man: four lectures delivered at the twenty-eighth anniversary meetings of the Theosophical Society, at Adyar, December, 1903.

    First published in 1904 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Esoteric Christianity: or, The lesser mysteries

    First published in 1901 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Esoteric Christianity: or, The lesser mysteries.

    First published in 1970 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Wake up, India: a plea for social reform

    First published in 1913 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The case for India: The presidential address delivered by Annie Besant at the thirty-second Indian National Congress held at Calcutta, 26th December 1917

    First published in 1917 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Theosophy in relation to human life ...

    First published in 1905 3 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Christianity

    First published in 1876 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: How India wrought for freedom: the story of the National Congress told from official records

    First published in 1974 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The Story of the Great War, Some Lessons from the Mahābhāraṭa for the Use of ...

    First published in 1919 1 edition — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: riddle of life: and how theosophy answers it

    First published in 1897 3 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition riddleoflife0000besa
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  • Cover of: Dharma

    First published in 1899 3 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: laws of the higher life: being lectures delivered at the 12th annual convention of the Indian section of the Theosophical society, held at Benares in December 1902

    First published in 1912 3 editions in 2 languages — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: war and its lessons

    First published in 1920 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Man and His Bodies /c by Annie Besant

    First published in 1917 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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Subjects
Theosophy, Christianity, History, Free thought, Politics and government, Controversial literature, Consciousness, Hinduism, Occultism, Socialism, Dharma, Future life, Karma, Miscellanea, Nationalism, Population, Reincarnation, Religions, Religious aspects, Social conditions, Spiritual life, Buddhism, Christianity and other religions, Death, Doctrines
Places
India, Great Britain, Ireland
People
Annie Besant (1847-1933), Annie Wood Besant (1847-1933), Charles Darwin (1809-1882), Elliott Coues (1842-1899), H. P. Blavatsky (1831-1891), John Stuart Mill, Pantañjali, Thomas Malthus
Time
20th century, British occupation, 1765-1947, 1765-1947, 1919-1947, 19th century

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  • Annie Besant
  • Annie BESANT
  • A. Besant
  • Annie Wood 1847-1933 Besant
  • Besant Annie
  • Annie Annie Besant
  • Annie Wood (1847-1933) Besant

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January 16, 2023 Edited by Tom Morris Remove bad AKA
January 4, 2023 Edited by Tom Morris merge authors
September 27, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
March 31, 2017 Edited by MARC Bot add VIAF and wikidata ID
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import