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...

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...

(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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

led by (among others) Elizabeth Reynolds, John Burns, William Morris, Annie Besant and Robert Cunninghame-Graham, who were primarily leaders of the Social...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Annie Besant, captivating her with his personality and ideas. This dynamic led to speculation about Chakravarti's intent and the impact on Besant's subsequent...

then prominent Theosophist Annie Besant of forging letters from the Mahatmas; he ended his association with Olcott and Besant in 1895 and took most of the...

by future Indian Home Rule-league leader and theosophist, Annie Besant in 1898. By 1911 Besant and her associates were marginalised on the governing board...

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...

and reactionary attitude". Bailey "objected to the 'neo-Theosophy' of Annie Besant" and worked with Foster Bailey to gain more power in the American Section...

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

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

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...

Besant is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Annie Besant (1847–1933), British socialist, theosophist, women's rights activist, writer...