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William Robert Woodman

1828–1891 English The Golden Dawn
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In their own terms: A physician and Kabbalistic scholar

As history sees them: The third co-founder of the Golden Dawn, who died before the schism

Co-founder of the Golden Dawn alongside Westcott and Mathers. A physician, Freemason, and Kabbalistic scholar. Died early (1891), before the order's most productive and turbulent years.

Biography

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Intellectual Lineage

Influenced

Timeline

1888

Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn founded

Founded 12 February 1888 by Westcott, Mathers, and Woodman. Isis-Urania Temple opens in London. The cipher manuscripts contain tarot attributions that become the basis for Book T.