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Jan 30, 1872 Akron, Ohio, United States Died on 22 Feb 1951 (aged 79)

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About Arthur L. Conger

  • Arthur Latham Conger Jr (* 30 January 1872 in Akron, Ohio, USA; † 22 February 1951 in Pasadena, California, USA) was a theosophist and president of the Theosophical Society Pasadena. He studied at Harvard University and graduated in 1892.
  • After 1894 he studied Theology at Cambridge, Massachusetts.
  • He planned to become a priest in the Episcopal Church.
  • However, a bishop learned of his theosophical interests, and gave him an ultimatum: "Church or Theosophy".
  • Conger opted for Theosophy and went to New York City to work actively in the Theosophical Society. In 1894 Conger became a member of the Esoteric Section of the TS.
  • In 1898, he joined the Army for financial reasons and saw combat in the Spanish–American War, the Philippine War, and the Boxer Rebellion.
  • He later became the U.S.
  • military attaché in Germany and Switzerland.
  • He received many military awards. In 1902 he married Margaret Loring Guild.
  • She died in 1945. In 1932 he became president of the TS.

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