BIOGRAPHIES ABOUT ANNIE BESANT

TEXTS

•         Wikipedia biography

•         Biography of Theosophy Wiki

•         Biography of Theosophy World

•         Biography from the website of the Theosophical Society of Adyar

•         Brief biography written by Jinarajadasa in 1932 (pdf)

HER AUTOBIOGRAPHY

Annie Besant published her autobiography in London in 1893, when she was only 46 years old, and it covers the first half of her life (until Blavatsky's death in 1891), since Besant died in 1933 when she was almost 86 years old.

•         In English in various formats (in theosophy world)

•         In English in various formats (at gutemberg.org)

•         In English in various formats (on archive.org)

OTHER BIOGRAPHICAL TEXTS

Agarwal, CV & Pedro Oliveira. Annie Besant in India.

Aiyangar, M.V. Srinivasa. An Open Letter to Mrs. Annie Besant; Being a Reply to Her Attacks on Hinduism. Madras, M. C. Narasimhacharya [1915].

Aiyar, Ramaswami. Annie Besant. Delhi Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, [1963].

Besant, Arthur Digby. The Besant Pedigree. London: Besant & Co., 1930.

Besterman, Theodor. Mrs. Annie Besant, a Modern Prophet, London: K. Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., Ltd., 1934.

Besterman, Theodore. The Annie Besant Calendar. London: The Theosophical Pub. House, 1927.

Besterman, Theodore. A Bibliography of Annie Besant. London, The Theosophical society in England, 1924.

Bright, Esther. Old Memories and Letters of Annie Besant. London: Theosophical Publishing House, 1936.

Dictionary of National Biography. "Besant, Annie", Dictionary of National Biography. Available at the Oxford DNB website. This is a particularly well-written account of her life.

Dinnage, Rosemary. Annie Besant. Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England: Penguin Books, 1986.

Fussell, Joseph H. Mrs. Annie Besant and the Leadbeater Advice. San Diego: 1913. Pamphlet.

Indian Section, Theosophical Society. In honor of Dr. Annie Besant: Lectures by Eminent Persons, 1952-88. Varanasi, UP, India: Indian Section, Theosophical Society, 1990.

Kumar, Yudhistera. Annie Besant as an Indian Educator. With a foreword by B. Pattabhi Sitaramayya. Lashkar, Gwalior, Swarup Publications [introduction, 1951].

Mukerji, NN Unemployment and Limitation of Family. With 46 illus. and ports. of Mr. Charles Bradlaugh and Mrs. Annie Besant of 1877. Calcutta, NN Mukerji, 1918.

Muthanna, IM Mother Besant and Mahatma Gandhi. Vellore, Tamil Nadu: Thenpulam, 1986.

Nethercot, Arthur Hobart. The First Five Lives of Annie Besant. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1960.

Nethercot, Arthur Hobart. The Last Four Lives of Annie Besant. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1963.

Pécastaing-Boissiere, Muriel. Annie Besant (1847-1933): La lutte et la quête. Paris: Éditions Adyar, 2015. English edition: Annie Besant: Struggles and Quest. London: Theosophical Publishing House, 2017. German edition: Annie Besant : Weisheit und Wissenschaft - Die Biographie. Aquamarin-Verlag GmbH, 2017.

Prakasa, Sri. Annie Besant. Bombay: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, 1954.

Prakasa, Sri. Annie Besant as Woman and as Leader. 3rd edition - Bombay: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, 1962.

Pruthi, Raj. Annie Besant's rise to power in Indian politics, 1914-1917. New Delhi: Concept Pub. Co., 1981.

Prakasa, Sri. Annie Besant. Bombay, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, 1954. 2nd ed.

Prakasa, Sri. Annie Besant as Woman and as Leader. Bombay, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, 1962. 3rd ed.

Taylor, Anne. Annie Besant: A Biography.

Theosophical Society. Woman World Honored: Annie Besant, Warrior. Madras, Theosophical Pub. House, 1943.

Veritas [pseudonym]. Mrs. Besant and the Alcyone Case. Mylapore, Madras [India]: Goodwin & Co., 1913.

Wessinger, Catherine. Annie Besant and Progressive Messianism (1847-1933). Lewiston, NY: E. Mellen Press, 1988.

West, Geoffrey [pseudonym]. Annie Besant. New York, Viking Press, 1928.

Williams, Gertrude Marvin. The Passionate Pilgrim: a Life of Annie Besant. New York: Coward-McCann, 1931.

DOCUMENTARIES

BBC documentary

The BBC is the UK's public broadcaster, and in 1984 it released a documentary series entitled "Sea of ​​Faith" in which philosopher Don Cupitt explores the works and lives of a mix of thinkers, and this video contains the section where he discusses on Annie Besant.

Lukasfilm documentary

Documentary produced in 2007 by George Lukas' Production Company entitled "Annie Besant: The Unlikely Rebel" to complement his series "The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones" in which Annie Besant appears in one of the episodes when the child Indiana Jones meets the teenager Krishnamurti.