Annie Besant is remembered in public life for work that changed what came after it.
The record lists Annie Besant as British socialist, theosophist, women's rights activist, writer and orator (1847-1933).
Annie Besant was born at Clapham in 1847. Her recorded nationality is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. She was educated at Birkbeck, University of London.
The nineteenth century professionalised nearly everything: salaried posts, formal training, and audiences large enough to sustain a career.
She worked as essayist, writer and orator.
Among her principal works are The Ancient Wisdom and Thought-Forms: A Record of Clairvoyant Investigation. Political reputations are settled slowly, and rarely by the people who made them.
Her recorded fields of work are essay.
Her work was formally recognised with the Subba Row Medal and Silver Wolf Award.
Working from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland shaped what was possible - the audiences within reach, the institutions that would have her, the language the work first appeared in.
Annie Besant died in 1933, aged 86. What survives is the work, which is the only durable form of a reputation.
Achievements
- Notable work: The Ancient Wisdom
- Notable work: Thought-Forms: A Record of Clairvoyant Investigation
- Educated at Birkbeck, University of London
- Worked as essayist, writer and orator
