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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Henry Steel Olcott has received more than 440,199 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia. Henry Steel Olcott is the 1,448th most popular writer (down from 1,308th in 2019), the 1,765th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,642nd in 2019) and the 159th most popular American Writer.

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  • 440k

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  • 58.80

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.36

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.67

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Sorgho and imphee, the Chinese and African sugar canes
Sorghum, Sorghum sugar
1858
The Life of Buddha and Its Lessons
New Age, Nonfiction, Philosophy
The Life of Buddha and Its Lessons is a short pamphlet by Henry Steel Olcott. It was first published in 1912 as number fifteen in the series of Adyar Pamphlets released by the Theosophical Publishing House.
2009
People from the other world
Spiritualism, Accessible book
1875
A Buddhist catechism
Buddhism, Catechisms, Accessible book
1881
Old diary leaves
Olcott, Theosophy, Theosophy. theosophical
Olcott is one of the two founders of the Theosophical Society. In the several volumes of this book, he has recorded the early history of the theosophical society and his travels and experiences. A fascinating record that anyone interested in the history of the Theosophical Society should read.
1895
Lotos Leaves
1875
Lotos Leaves
1875
The Spirit of Zoroastrianism
2018
Outlines of the first course of Yale agricultural lectures
Agriculture
1860
Theosophy, Religion And Occult Science [lectures]
2011
People from the Other World
Spiritualism
2011
Sorgho and imphee, the Chinese and African sugar canes
Sorghum sugar, Sorghum, Sorgo
1857

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Henry Steel Olcott ranks 1,448 out of 7,302. Before him are Virginia Henderson, Régis Debray, Li Qingzhao, Enzo of Sardinia, Antoine Isaac Silvestre de Sacy, and Thomas of Celano. After him are Arnold van Gennep, Nikephoros Bryennios the Younger, Jules Laforgue, Sławomir Mrożek, Naftali Herz Imber, and Hovhannes Tumanyan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1832, Henry Steel Olcott ranks 27. Before him are Michel Bréal, Felice Beato, Alfred von Waldersee, Wilhelm Busch, Infanta Luisa Fernanda, Duchess of Montpensier, and Émile Gaboriau. After him are Nikolay Pavlovich Ignatyev, Hudson Taylor, William Le Baron Jenney, Peter Ludwig Mejdell Sylow, Khurshidbanu Natavan, and Ivan Zajc. Among people deceased in 1907, Henry Steel Olcott ranks 28. Before him are Ilia Chavchavadze, Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden, Léo Taxil, Franz Sacher, Qiu Jin, and William Henry Perkin. After him are Hermann Carl Vogel, Kuno Fischer, Carola of Vasa, Mizzi Kaspar, Stanisław Wyspiański, and William Le Baron Jenney.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Henry Steel Olcott ranks 1,765 out of 20,380. Before him are Virginia Henderson (1897), Fats Domino (1928), Bob Newhart (1929), Peter Coyote (1941), Brion James (1945), and Robert H. Grubbs (1942). After him are Madeleine Stowe (1958), June Carter Cash (1929), Coolio (1963), George Stigler (1911), Paul Michael Glaser (1943), and Eva Mendes (1974).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Henry Steel Olcott ranks 159. Before him are Robert Wilson (1941), Seymour Hersh (1937), Don DeLillo (1936), Robin Hobb (1952), Robert Bloch (1917), and Virginia Henderson (1897). After him are Elizabeth George (1949), James Oliver Curwood (1878), Robert Jordan (1948), Nora Roberts (1950), Edward Albee (1928), and Carson McCullers (1917).

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