Henry Steel Olcott
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'''Henry Steel Olcott''' (1832-1907) | '''Henry Steel Olcott''' (1832-1907) | ||
| − | Henry Steel Olcott already had a long career behind him and was working sometimes as a journalist, when he was asked to investigate the spiritualistic happenings at the [[Eddy Family|Eddy Homestead]] in Chittenden, [[Vermont]] for the ''New York Sun'', a [[New York]] City newspaper. While there he happened to meet and began a long relationship with [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky]]. It wasn't long before they were investigating the Holmes in Philadelphia, and shortly afterward they moved in together into a flat in New York City, Henry leaving his wife and children to do so. | + | Henry Steel Olcott already had a long career behind him and was working sometimes as a journalist, when he was asked to investigate the spiritualistic happenings at the [[Eddy Family|Eddy Homestead]] in Chittenden, [[Vermont]] for the ''Daily Graphic'' and/or the ''New York Sun'', a [[New York]] City newspaper. While there he happened to meet and began a long relationship with [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky]]. It wasn't long before they were investigating the Holmes in Philadelphia, and shortly afterward they moved in together into a flat in New York City, Henry leaving his wife and children to do so. |
When Henry wrote his foreword for his book ''People from the Other World'', he dated it Jan 1875 from "No 7 Beekman Street, New York City". | When Henry wrote his foreword for his book ''People from the Other World'', he dated it Jan 1875 from "No 7 Beekman Street, New York City". | ||
