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Annie Besant (1847–1933)
Besant, Mrs. Annie Wood (bes’ant). An English writer on theosophy, born at London, Oct. 1, 1847; died in 1933. A pupil of Madame Blavatsky, she was active in propagating theosophical doctrines by the founding of schools and by her publications, which include ‘Reincarnation’ (1892); ‘Death and After’ (1893); ‘Four Great Religions’ (1897); ‘Theosophy and the New Psychology’ (1904); ‘The Wisdom of the Upanishads’ (1906).