John B. S. Coats or JBS Coats (8 July 1906 in
Ayr
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,
South Ayrshire
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,
Scotland
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– 26 December 1979) was a theosophist, president of the
Theosophical Society Adyar
The Theosophy Society was founded by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky and others in 1875. The designation 'Adyar' is sometimes added to the name to make it clear that this is the Theosophical Society headquartered there, after the American section ...
and bishop of the
Liberal Catholic Church
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.
In 1932 he became a member of the T.S. in
London
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. There he met
Alice Bailey
Alice Ann Bailey (June 16, 1880 – December 15, 1949) was a writer of more than twenty-four books on theosophical subjects, and was one of the first writers to use the term New Age. Bailey was born as Alice La Trobe-Bateman, in Manchest ...
,
C. Jinarajadasa,
Rukmini Devi Arundale
Rukmini Devi Arundale (née Shastri; 29 February 1904 – 24 February 1986)Sharma, Shoba and Gangadean, Ashok (January 31, 2004 Naatya.org. Retrieved on 10 December 2018. was an Indian theosophist, dancer and choreographer of the Indian cl ...
and
George Arundale
George Sydney Arundale (1 December 1878 in Surrey, England — 12 August 1945 in Adyar, India) was a Theosophist, Freemason, president of the Theosophical Society Adyar and a bishop of the Liberal Catholic Church. He was the husband of t ...
. In 1973 he became president of the T.S. Adyar.
External links
Bio
Geschichte des Familienunternehmens ''Coats''(German)
* https://www.ts-adyar.org/content/john-b-s-coats-1906-1979
Scottish Theosophists
1906 births
1979 deaths
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