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'''Harriet Isabella (Isabel) Cooper-Oakley<ref>Red Cactus: The Life of Anna Kingsford, Alan Pert, 2006, pg 104</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/rd/1e6c817e-409e-4b6f-af72-d3a40870f273|title = Copy of Will of MRS. Harriet Isabella Cooper Oakley appointing husband A. J. Cooper Oakley as executor - or if deceased - her sister Miss Laura Mary Cooper (In an envelope)}}</ref>''' (31 January 1854 – 3 March 1914), was a prominent [[Theosophical Society|Theosophist]] and author.<ref>[http://content.ancestry.com/Browse/view.aspx?dbid=6598&path=London.St+Marylebone.St+John.13.20&fn=G%20R%20S&ln=Mead&st=r&pid=11803186&rc=&zp=75 1891 England Census]{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, showing a household including "[[Constance Wachtmeister]] Manager of Publishing Office; G.R.S. Mead, Author Journalist; Isabel Oakley, age 37, born Amritza, India, Millener; [[Helena Blavatsky]], Authoress; and others"</ref>
'''Harriet Isabella (Isabel) Cooper-Oakley<ref>Red Cactus: The Life of Anna Kingsford, Alan Pert, 2006, pg 104</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/rd/1e6c817e-409e-4b6f-af72-d3a40870f273|title = Copy of Will of MRS. Harriet Isabella Cooper Oakley appointing husband A. J. Cooper Oakley as executor - or if deceased - her sister Miss Laura Mary Cooper (In an envelope)}}</ref>''' (31 January 1854 – 3 March 1914), was a prominent [[Theosophical Society|Theosophist]] and author.<ref>[http://content.ancestry.com/Browse/view.aspx?dbid=6598&path=London.St+Marylebone.St+John.13.20&fn=G%20R%20S&ln=Mead&st=r&pid=11803186&rc=&zp=75 1891 England Census]{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, showing a household including "[[Constance Wachtmeister]] Manager of Publishing Office; G.R.S. Mead, Author Journalist; Isabel Oakley, age 37, born Amritza, India, Millener; [[Helena Blavatsky]], Authoress; and others"</ref>


She was born in [[Amritsar]], [[British India|India]] to (Frederic) Henry Cooper, C.B., commissioner of [[Lahore]]<ref>Madame Blavatsky: The Woman Behind the Myth, Marion Meade, Putnam, 1980, pg 321</ref> and his wife Mary (née Steel), receiving a good education because of her father's belief in the value of education for women.<ref>Madame Blavatsky: The Woman Behind the Myth, Marion Meade, Putnam, 1980, pg 321</ref> She had suffered a severe injury in an accident aged 23 which prevented her from walking for two years, during which time she intensified her reading.<ref>Madame Blavatsky: The Woman Behind the Myth, Marion Meade, Putnam, 1980, pg 321</ref> She went on to study at [[Girton College, Cambridge]], and whilst at the university, she met- and later married- fellow student Alfred John Oakley. They then both changed their surname to Cooper-Oakley. Alfred stayed some years at [[Adyar, Chennai|Adyar]], India, as an assistant to [[Henry Steel Olcott]]. He left to become Registrar of the [[University of Madras]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.tphta.ws/CWL_KHLE.HTM |title="The 'K.H.' letters to Leadbetter" |access-date=2006-12-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070102051139/http://www.tphta.ws/CWL_KHLE.HTM |archive-date=2007-01-02 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Sometime in the late 1890s, [[G.R.S. Mead]] became her brother-in-law when he married her sister, another prominent Theosophist, Laura Cooper.
She was born in [[Amritsar]], [[British India|India]] to (Frederic) Henry Cooper, C.B., commissioner of [[Lahore]]<ref name="auto">Madame Blavatsky: The Woman Behind the Myth, Marion Meade, Putnam, 1980, pg 321</ref> and his wife Mary (née Steel), receiving a good education because of her father's belief in the value of education for women.<ref name="auto"/> She had suffered a severe injury in an accident aged 23 which prevented her from walking for two years, during which time she intensified her reading.<ref name="auto"/> She went on to study at [[Girton College, Cambridge]], and whilst at the university, she met- and later married- fellow student Alfred John Oakley. They then both changed their surname to Cooper-Oakley. Alfred stayed some years at [[Adyar, Chennai|Adyar]], India, as an assistant to [[Henry Steel Olcott]]. He left to become Registrar of the [[University of Madras]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.tphta.ws/CWL_KHLE.HTM |title="The 'K.H.' letters to Leadbetter" |access-date=2006-12-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070102051139/http://www.tphta.ws/CWL_KHLE.HTM |archive-date=2007-01-02 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Sometime in the late 1890s, [[G.R.S. Mead]] became her brother-in-law when he married her sister, another prominent Theosophist, Laura Cooper.


Isabel Cooper-Oakley died on March 3, 1914, at [[Budapest]], [[Hungary]].
Isabel Cooper-Oakley died on March 3, 1914, at [[Budapest]], [[Hungary]].
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* Cooper-Oakley: [http://www.sacred-texts.com/sro/mmm/index.htm ''Traces of a Hidden Tradition in Masonry and Medieval Mysticism''] at Sacred Texts.com
* Cooper-Oakley: [http://www.sacred-texts.com/sro/mmm/index.htm ''Traces of a Hidden Tradition in Masonry and Medieval Mysticism''] at Sacred Texts.com
* Cooper-Oakley: [http://www.theos-world.com/archives/html/tw199812.html#ARTICLE0357 ''Devotion''] at Theosophy World.com
* Cooper-Oakley: [http://www.theos-world.com/archives/html/tw199812.html#ARTICLE0357 ''Devotion''] at Theosophy World.com
* http://theoakleysofsalopandlondon.blogspot.co.uk/2009/04/children-of-john-oakley-and-jane-meabry.html
* [http://theoakleysofsalopandlondon.blogspot.co.uk/2009/04/children-of-john-oakley-and-jane-meabry.html The Oakleys of Salop and London: The children of John Oakley and Jane Meabry: 1. John Jeffryes Oakley]


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Harriet Isabella (Isabel) Cooper-Oakley[1][2] (31 January 1854 – 3 March 1914), was a prominent Theosophist and author.[3]

She was born in Amritsar, India to (Frederic) Henry Cooper, C.B., commissioner of Lahore[4] and his wife Mary (née Steel), receiving a good education because of her father's belief in the value of education for women.[4] She had suffered a severe injury in an accident aged 23 which prevented her from walking for two years, during which time she intensified her reading.[4] She went on to study at Girton College, Cambridge, and whilst at the university, she met- and later married- fellow student Alfred John Oakley. They then both changed their surname to Cooper-Oakley. Alfred stayed some years at Adyar, India, as an assistant to Henry Steel Olcott. He left to become Registrar of the University of Madras.[5] Sometime in the late 1890s, G.R.S. Mead became her brother-in-law when he married her sister, another prominent Theosophist, Laura Cooper.

Isabel Cooper-Oakley died on March 3, 1914, at Budapest, Hungary.

Works

  • Count of Saint-Germain, ISBN 0-7661-0101-0
  • The Count of St. Germain: Mystic and Philosopher, (1912) ISBN 1-4253-3280-3
  • Masonry and Medieval Mysticism: Traces of a Hidden Tradition, ISBN 1-56459-643-5
  • The Troubadours and Freemasonry, ISBN 1-4253-1617-4
  • The Tradition of the Knights Templar Received in Masonry, ISBN 1-4253-1616-6
  • Towards the Hidden Sources of Masonry, ISBN 1-4253-1615-8
  • An Introduction to Masonry and Mysticism, ISBN 1-4253-1614-X
  • Freemasonry and the Heavenly Kingdom of the Holy Grail, ISBN 1-4253-1618-2
  • The Count of Saint-Germain and Tragical Prophecies, ISBN 1-4253-3281-1
  • Masonic Tradition and the Count of Saint-Germain, ISBN 1-4253-3283-8
  • Secret Writings and Ciphers, ISBN 1-4253-4024-5
  • The Count of Saint-Germain and His Political Work, ISBN 1-4253-3282-X
  • Mystical Traditions, ISBN 0-7661-0346-3
  • Studies in the "secret doctrine"
  • The Mystical Traditions and Masonry and Medieval Mysticism, ISBN 1-4254-5390-2
  • Samkhya and Yoga Philosophy

Footnotes

  1. ^ Red Cactus: The Life of Anna Kingsford, Alan Pert, 2006, pg 104
  2. ^ "Copy of Will of MRS. Harriet Isabella Cooper Oakley appointing husband A. J. Cooper Oakley as executor - or if deceased - her sister Miss Laura Mary Cooper (In an envelope)".
  3. ^ 1891 England Census[permanent dead link], showing a household including "Constance Wachtmeister Manager of Publishing Office; G.R.S. Mead, Author Journalist; Isabel Oakley, age 37, born Amritza, India, Millener; Helena Blavatsky, Authoress; and others"
  4. ^ a b c Madame Blavatsky: The Woman Behind the Myth, Marion Meade, Putnam, 1980, pg 321
  5. ^ ""The 'K.H.' letters to Leadbetter"". Archived from the original on 2007-01-02. Retrieved 2006-12-04.
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