Bertram Keightley (4 April 1860 in Birkenhead, England – 31 October 1944), like his nephew

Archibald Keightley Archibald Keightley (19 April 1859 – 18 November 1930) was an English physician and Theosophist. Biography Keightley was educated at Pembroke College, Cambridge. In 1886, he obtained a degree from the Royal College of Physicians in London. H ...

, was a prominent

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Theosophist Theosophy is a religion established in the United States during the late 19th century. It was founded primarily by the Russian Helena Blavatsky and draws its teachings predominantly from Blavatsky's writings. Categorized by scholars of religion ...

who helped Helena P. Blavatsky in editing her

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, ''

The Secret Doctrine ''The Secret Doctrine, the Synthesis of Science, Religion and Philosophy'', is a pseudo-scientific esoteric book originally published as two volumes in 1888 written by Helena Blavatsky. The first volume is named ''Cosmogenesis'', the second ''An ...

''. He founded the Indian Section of the

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and became its first General Secretary from 1897 to 1901. He also served as the General Secretary of the English Section of the Theosophical Society from 1901 to 1905.

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* English Theosophists 1860 births 1944 deaths {{England-bio-stub