Annie Besant (née Wood; 1 October 1847 – 20 September 1933) was a British socialist, theosophist, freemason, women's rights and Home Rule activist, educationist...

Besant Nagar is an upscale, exclusive residential neighbourhood in South Chennai, India. It is located along the coast of the Bay of Bengal. The neighbourhood...

Secularist, and Co-Freemason Annie Besant and her husband Rev. Frank Besant. She had an older brother named Arthur Besant. When her father and mother separated...

the stage for the Indian independence movement under the leadership of Annie Besant and Bal Gangadhar Tilak to the educated English speaking upper class...

(210 ha) of land that was bought in 1927 by Besant. It was later renamed in July 2007 in Besant's honor. Annie Besant – Main Founder of the school, women's...

reformer Annie Besant; impressed by it, Besant met with Blavatsky and joined the Theosophists. In August 1890, Blavatsky moved in to Besant's large house...

and another brother, Frank, was the husband of Annie Besant. The son of wine merchant William Besant (1800–1879), he was born at Portsmouth, Hampshire...

favour of the Theosophical Society, where he became an associate of Annie Besant. He became a high-ranking officer of the Society and remained one of...

developed a strong bond with Annie Besant and came to view her as a surrogate mother. His father, who had initially assented to Besant's legal guardianship of...

India was an early 20th century daily newspaper published in India by Annie Besant, to highlight issues related to the Indian freedom struggle. New India...

York:1995 State University of New York Press Annie Besant, The Case Against W. Q. Judge (1895), p. 13. About Besant’s closeness to Morya, in a letter of 27 March...

body into the concepts of 'tulpa' and 'thoughtform'. The Theosophist Annie Besant, in the 1905 book Thought-Forms, divides them into three classes: forms...

to Bouverie Street, seeking the support of Annie Besant. Chapman was one of three women who met with Besant, securing her assistance in forming a strike...

nearly 6,000 members. The Adyar-based Society was later taken over by Annie Besant, under whom it grew to its largest extent during the late 1920s, before...

and animal physiology. Both Hypatia Bradlaugh Bonner and Annie Besant assisted him. Annie Besant wrote in her autobiography: At the opening of the new year...

The planes in Theosophy were further systematized in the writings of Annie Besant and C. W. Leadbeater. From theosophy the term made its way to later esoteric...

Romesh Chunder Dutt, p10 Mazumdar, Pg 58 Mazumdar, Pg 59 Annie Besant, Pg 35 Annie Besant, Pg 36 "Congress Sessions". Indian National Congress. Archived...

improvements to working conditions. With the help of social activist Annie Besant, they succeeded. Following the strike's success, the Union of Women Matchmakers...

a book written by Annie Besant and C.W. Leadbeater, who were both members of the Theosophical Society based in Adyar, India. Besant was at the time the...

anti-Brahmin attitude shaped many of its ideas and policies. It opposed Annie Besant and her Home rule movement, because it believed home rule would benefit...

of The Society after Blavatsky's death due to a dispute surrounding Annie Besant regarding the existence of The Masters. The juxtaposed positions are...

Blavatsky died in 1891, Judge became involved in a dispute with Olcott and Annie Besant, whom he considered to have deviated from the original teaching of the...

Younghusband (1903–1904) Benaras Hindu Girls School was established by Annie Besant (1904) Archaeological Department was established under Ancient Monuments...

and The Lost Lemuria (1904). Annie Besant further developed the model in Man: Whence, How and Whither (1913). Both Besant and Scott-Elliot relied on information...

that section in a business meeting. Henry Steel Olcott (1875 to 1907). Annie Besant (1907 to 1933). George Arundale (1934 to 1945). Curuppumullage Jinarajadasa...

of novelist Walter Besant. Another brother, Frank, was the husband of Annie Besant. William was born in Portsea, Portsmouth on 1 November 1828. According...

Women's Indian Association (WIA) was founded at Adayar, Madras, in 1917 by Annie Besant, Margaret Cousins, Dorothy Jinarajadasa, and others to liberate women...

by Annie Besant, the Irish theosophist and Home Rule advocate, the beauty of Marina Beach was described back in 1914. On 6 October 1914, Anne Besant wrote...

published by Annie Besant in 1897.[citation needed] The fourth volume is simply an index of the first three volumes, also prepared by Annie Besant. Blavatsky...

female doctors in India. Soon after, she came under the influence of Annie Besant, and then of Mahatma Gandhi. Her name was included in the first national...