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Henry Steel Olcott

1832 - 1907

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Colonel Henry Steel Olcott (2 August 1832 – 17 February 1907) was an American military officer, journalist, lawyer, Freemason (member of Huguenot Lodge #448, now #46) and the co-founder and first president of the Theosophical Society. Olcott was the first well-known American of European ancestry to make a formal conversion to Buddhism. His subsequent actions as president of the Theosophical Society helped create a renaissance in the study of Buddhism. Olcott is considered a Buddhist modernist for his efforts in interpreting Buddhism through a Europeanized lens. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Henry Steel Olcott is the 1,514th most popular writer (down from 1,447th in 2019), the 2,201st most popular biography from United States (down from 1,765th in 2019) and the 177th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Henry Steel Olcott ranks 1,514 out of 7,302. Before him are Gore Vidal, William Heinesen, Thornton Wilder, Jean-Marie Roland de la Platière, Siegfried Lenz, and Fredric Jameson. After him are Ken Kesey, Daniel Pennac, Rafael Alberti, Jules de Goncourt, Ichiyō Higuchi, and Xavier de Maistre.

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Among people born in 1832, Henry Steel Olcott ranks 31. Before him are Émile Gaboriau, Wilhelm Busch, Michel Bréal, Louis Paul Cailletet, William Le Baron Jenney, and Nikolay Pavlovich Ignatyev. After him are Infanta Luisa Fernanda, Duchess of Montpensier, Hudson Taylor, Miguel Miramón, Adalbert Krueger, John Brown Gordon, and Ivan Zajc. Among people deceased in 1907, Henry Steel Olcott ranks 30. Before him are Léo Taxil, Hermann Carl Vogel, Qiu Jin, Agathe Backer Grøndahl, Charles W. Alcock, and William Le Baron Jenney. After him are William Henry Perkin, Franz Sacher, Carola of Vasa, Mizzi Kaspar, Stanisław Wyspiański, and Marie of Saxe-Altenburg.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Henry Steel Olcott ranks 2,201 out of 20,380. Before him are Frank Wilczek (1951), William Wyatt Bibb (1781), Jerry Reed (1937), Alexander Haig (1924), Fredric Jameson (1934), and Michael Massee (1952). After him are Ken Kesey (1935), Hilary Swank (1974), William Walker (1824), Kit Bond (1939), John Hammond (1910), and Alan Alda (1936).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Henry Steel Olcott ranks 177. Before him are Robert Bloch (1917), Robin Hobb (1952), Jean M. Auel (1936), Gore Vidal (1925), Thornton Wilder (1897), and Fredric Jameson (1934). After him are Ken Kesey (1935), Erich Segal (1937), Betty Friedan (1921), Hunter S. Thompson (1937), Clarissa Pinkola Estés (1945), and Solomon Northup (1808).

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