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A. E. Waite

1857 - 1942

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Arthur Edward Waite (2 October 1857 – 19 May 1942) was a British poet and scholarly mystic who wrote extensively on the occult and Western esotericism. He was the co-creator of the Rider–Waite Tarot (also called the Rider–Waite–Smith or Waite–Smith deck). As his biographer R. A. Gilbert described him, "Waite's name has survived because he was the first to attempt a systematic study of the history of Western occultism—viewed as a spiritual tradition rather than as aspects of protoscience or as the pathology of religion." He was a Freemason, as well as being a member of the Societas Rosicruciana in Anglia and the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. He spent most of his life in or near London, connected to various publishing houses and editing a magazine, The Unknown World. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. A. E. Waite is the 15th most popular occultist (up from 32nd in 2019), the 1,289th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,623rd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular American Occultist.

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Among OCCULTISTS

Among occultists, A. E. Waite ranks 15 out of 41. Before him are Éliphas Lévi, Alessandro Cagliostro, Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, Allan Kardec, Edgar Cayce, and Joachim of Fiore. After him are Manly P. Hall, Tituba, Edward Kelley, Gérard Encausse, Guido von List, and Erik Jan Hanussen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1857, A. E. Waite ranks 33. Before him are Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia, Georg Michaelis, Joseph Babinski, Thorstein Veblen, Aleksandr Lyapunov, and Ida Tarbell. After him are Karl Pearson, Cécile Chaminade, Infanta Maria Josepha of Portugal, George Gissing, Christian Michelsen, and 12th Dalai Lama. Among people deceased in 1942, A. E. Waite ranks 32. Before him are Carole Lombard, Jozef Gabčík, Chen Duxiu, Yanka Kupala, Hans-Joachim Marseille, and Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn. After him are Alexander von Zemlinsky, Hector Guimard, Felix Hausdorff, Prince George, Duke of Kent, Tina Modotti, and Leopold Berchtold.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, A. E. Waite ranks 1,289 out of 20,380. Before him are Lita Grey (1908), Raymond Damadian (1936), Albert Pike (1809), William Luther Pierce (1933), Kevin McCarthy (1965), and Anthony Edwards (1962). After him are Jerry Goldsmith (1929), Mike Shinoda (1977), James M. Buchanan (1919), Howard Martin Temin (1934), William Fichtner (1956), and Joshua Lederberg (1925).

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Among OCCULTISTS In United States

Among occultists born in United States, A. E. Waite ranks 3. Before him are Anton LaVey (1930), and Edgar Cayce (1877).

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