15 Facts About James Cousins

James Henry Cousins was an Irish-Indian writer, playwright, actor, critic, editor, teacher and poet.

James Cousins used several pseudonyms, including Mac Oisin and the Hindu name Jayaram.

James Cousins's father was James Cousins, a mariner, and Susan, nee Davis.

James Cousins is believed to have served as a model for the Little Chandler character in Joyce's short story collection Dubliners.

James Cousins was significantly influenced by Russell's ability to reconcile mysticism with a pragmatic approach to social reforms and by the teachings of Madame Blavatsky.

James Cousins had a lifelong interest in the paranormal and acted as reporter in several experiments carried out by William Fletcher Barrett, Professor of physics at Trinity College Dublin and one of the founders of the Society for Psychical Research.

James Cousins worked as a teacher in The High School, Dublin.

James Cousins's plays were produced in the first years of the twentieth century in the Abbey Theatre, the most famous being "the Racing Lug".

James Cousins wrote widely on the subject of Theosophy and in 1915 travelled to India with the voyage fees paid for by Annie Besant the President of the Theosophical Society.

James Cousins spent most of the rest of his life in the sub-continent, apart from a year as Professor of English Literature at Keio University in Tokyo and another lecturing in New York.

At the core of James Cousins's engagement with Indian culture was a firm belief in the "shared sensibilities between Celtic and Oriental peoples".

James Cousins gave the William Miller Memorial Lectures at Madras in 1938 on "The Idea, Expression, and Fulfillment of Beauty," and he was the person who brought change into the life of poetry of the Great Renowned Kannada Poet and Writer Kuvempu.

James Cousins wrote a joint autobiography with his wife Margaret Elizabeth Cousins, a suffragette and one of the co-founders of the Irish Women's Franchise League and All India Women's Conference.

In 1920 James Cousins came to Pondicherry to meet the Mother and Sri Aurobindo.

James Cousins lectured on "The Cruelties and Diseases Connected with Flesh-Eating" which was awarded first prize at the Vegetarian Federal Union in June 1907.