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William Loftus Hare
1868–1943
A thoughtful early-20th-century writer who moved easily between religion, philosophy, and social questions, he brought a wide-ranging curiosity to everything from art criticism to comparative religion. He is especially remembered for work connected with Theosophy, Quaker thought, and the study of living faiths.
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Watts (1817-1904)
by William Loftus Hare
About the author
Born in 1868 and dying in 1943, William Loftus Hare was a British writer and public thinker whose work crossed several worlds. Reliable sources describe him as an early Theosophist and writer, and also as a Quaker and socialist, showing how unusual and wide his interests were.
He wrote on art, religion, philosophy, and politics. Among the works clearly linked to him are Watts (1817–1904), a study of the painter G. F. Watts, and Who Wrote the Mahatma Letters?, written with his brother Harold Edward Hare. He also edited Religions of the Empire, based on the 1924 Conference on Some Living Religions within the Empire.
Hare was involved in public religious and social debate as well as book writing. Sources note that he edited The Ploughshare, the journal of the Socialist Quaker Society, and took part in efforts to think seriously about religion's place in modern public life. That mix of spirituality, reform, and intellectual range gives his work its distinctive character.