Harvey Lewis (other)
Harvey Lewis may refer to: * Harvey Lewis (politician) (1814–1888), Irish-born lawyer and politician in the United Kingdom * Harvey Spencer Lewis (1883–1939), Rosicrucian author, occultist, and mystic * Harvey Lewis (ultrarunner) Harvey Sweetland Lewis (born April 1976) is an American ultrarunner. Early life Lewis was born in Wheeling, West Virginia and spent much of his childhood in Berea, Ohio. Running career Lewis represented Team USA at the International Associ ...

Harvey Lewis (politician)
John Harvey Lewis (1814 – 23 October 1888) was an Irish-born lawyer and Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1861 to 1874. Background Lewis was the son of William Lewis of Harlech, County Dublin and his wife Dora Cassidy, daughter of John Cassidy of Monasterevin, County Kildare. He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin graduating BA in 1835 and MA in 1838. He was called to the bar in Ireland in 1838 and was in practice until 1850. He was a Deputy Lieutenant of Middlesex and Tower Hamlets and a J.P. for Middlesex and Westminster. He was High Sheriff of Kildare in 1857. Political career Lewis stood for parliament unsuccessfully at Hull Hull may refer to: Structures * Chassis, of an armored fighting vehicle * Fuselage, of an aircraft * Hull (botany), the outer covering of seeds * Hull (watercraft), the body or frame of a ship * Submarine hull Mathematics * Affine hull, in affi ... in 1859. He was elected Member of Parliament ...
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Harvey Spencer Lewis
Harvey Spencer Lewis F.R.C., S:::I:::I:::, 33° 66° 95°, PhD (November 25, 1883 – August 2, 1939), a noted Rosicrucian author, occultist, and mystic, was the founder in the US and the first Imperator of the Ancient and Mystical Order Rosae Crucis (AMORC), from 1915 until 1939. Life and career Lewis was born in Frenchtown, New Jersey, to Aaron Rittenhouse Lewis and a German-born teacher, Catherine Hoffman. He worked in advertising as an illustrator (the modern term commercial artist best describes his line of work), and he used that experience to promote AMORC, through print ads, booklets and magazine illustrations. Lewis first learned of the Rosicrucians through his interest in paranormal phenomena. His membership of a group investigating and exposing more than 50 fraudulent mediums led to the formation of the New York Institute for Psychical Research, of which he was elected president at the age of 20. He later related that he was initiated into a Rosicrucian order duri ...
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