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William Loftus Hare
1868–1943
A writer with wide-ranging religious and social interests, he moved through Quaker, Theosophical, and socialist circles while publishing books on Buddhism, Judaism, art, and spiritual questions. He is also remembered for co-authoring a controversial study about the Mahatma Letters with his twin brother Harold.
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Watts (1817-1904)
by William Loftus Hare
About the author
William Loftus Hare was an English author, lecturer, and editor born in 1868 and died in 1943. Sources found during research describe him as an early Theosophist, and also as a Quaker and Socialist, suggesting a life shaped by both spiritual inquiry and public debate.
His writing ranged widely. Catalog and library sources connect him with works on Buddhism and Judaism, while Project Gutenberg preserves his book Watts (1817-1904), a study of the painter George Frederic Watts. This mix of religion, culture, and biography gives a good sense of his interests: he seems to have been drawn to ideas, beliefs, and the people who embodied them.
He is best known in some circles for Who Wrote the Mahatma Letters, written with his twin brother Harold Edward Hare. Quaker history sources also note his work as editor of The Ploughshare, the journal of the Socialist Quaker Society, and his involvement with the War and Social Order Committee. No suitable confirmed portrait image was found during this search.