1. Sir John George Woodroffe, known by his pseudonym Arthur Avalon, was a British Orientalist whose extensive and complex published works on the Tantras, and other Hindu traditions, stimulated a wide-ranging interest in Hindu philosophy and yoga.
14 Facts About John Woodroffe
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James John Woodroffe was Advocate-General of Bengal and Legal Member of the Government of India, a Justice of the Peace, and a Knight of St Gregory.
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John Woodroffe was educated at Woburn Park School and the University College, Oxford, where he took second classes in jurisprudence and the Bachelor of Civil Law examinations.
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John Woodroffe was called to the Bar by the Inner Temple in 1889, and in the following year was enrolled as an advocate of the Calcutta High Court.
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John Woodroffe was made a Fellow of the Calcutta University and appointed Tagore Law Professor.
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John Woodroffe collaborated with Ameer Ali in a widely used textbook, Civil Procedure in British India.
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John Woodroffe was appointed Standing Counsel to the Government of India in 1902, and in 1904 was raised to the High Court Bench.
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John Woodroffe served there for eighteen years, becoming Chief Justice in 1915.
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John Woodroffe was married to the concert pianist Ellen Elizabeth Grimson from 1902.
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John Woodroffe said that his mind instantly cleared when the sadhu was stopped.
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John Woodroffe translated some twenty original Sanskrit texts and, under his pseudonym Arthur Avalon, published and lectured prolifically on Indian philosophy and a wide range of Yoga and Tantra topics.
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John Woodroffe promptly had his bed removed, and replaced it with a thin mat.
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John Woodroffe was initiated into a yoga lineage similar to that of Lahiri Mahasay, now publicized as kriya yoga.
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John Woodroffe was believed by his "guru" to be the reincarnation of two somewhat famous persons from Indian history.