| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna Hahn |
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| SYLLABICATION: | Bla·vat·sky |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  bl -v t sk , -vät- |
| DATES: | 1831–1891 |
| Russian-born theosophist who founded (1875) the Theosophical Society in New York City and wrote books of occult lore, such as Isis Unveiled (1877).
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