William Winstanley Pearson

British writer and educator in India
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IntroBritish writer and educator in India
A.K.A.W. W. Pearson William W. Pearson William Winstanley Pearson
A.K.A.W. W. Pearson William W. Pearson William Winstanley Pearson
PlacesUnited Kingdom Great Britain
wasTeacher
Work fieldAcademia
Gender
Male
Birth7 May 1881, Manchester, Manchester, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom
Death25 September 1923Pistoia, Province of Pistoia, Tuscany, Italy (aged 42 years)
Star signTaurus
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William Winstanley Pearson

William Winstanley Pearson was a pastor and educator, born in Manchester (U.K.) on 7 May 1881, and who died in Italy on 25 September 1923.

Pearson was the son of the Reverend Samuel Pearson, a Congregationalist minister, and his wife Bertha Eliza Pearson (née Crosfield).

He was a science graduate from Cambridge University, and went to Calcutta in 1907, where he taught Botany at the London Missionary College in Bhavanipur. He returned to England in 1911 and met Rabindranath Tagore in his own house in London. While in India, he met Mahatma Gandhi, and became a supporter of his action. He was a teacher in Tagore's school, Bolpur, and then in Shantiniketan. He translated some of Tagore's works into English.

In 1916, he became Tagore's secretary, and followed him on his journey to Japan and the United States. While in Japan, Tagore introduced him to Paul and Mirra Richard, disciples of Sri Aurobindo : they had a very strong influence on him. When Mirra settled at Pondicherry in 1920 and was known as The Mother, Pearson went there to meet Sri Aurobindo. In 1920-1921 again, he accompanied Tagore both in Europe and America.

Works

Sources

  • Natl. bibliogr. of Indian lit. / gen. ed. B. S. Kesavan ; V. Y. Kulkarni, 1962, vol 1, p. 339
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