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James Archibald Douglas (born 1866) was the first professor of English
and History at Government College, Agra. He is mainly remembered for
having investigated, and debunked, the claims of Nicolas Notovitch
regarding a secret record of Jesus' visit to India being found at the
Hemis Monastery. Douglas made his own visit to the monastery in 1895,
and published his findings in the journal Nineteenth Century. These
findings were then publicized in the New York Times on 19 April.
Douglas, usually referred to as J. Archibald Douglas, was born in Sheffield, and was the tutor and friend of the young Aleister Crowley.
There is a theory that he was, in fact, Lt Col Herbert Archibald Douglas
Lt Cmdr Donald Cameron
Douglas was a brother of James, Diana and Jean, all children of
Professor James Archibald Douglas, himself the grandson of James Douglas
(1811-1868), of Stranraer, Scotland.
Notes:
• In the 1891 British Census, he was dwelling at 5 Cary Parade,
Torbay Road, Torquay, as James A Douglas 'teacher of arts and philology'
with 'Edward A Crowley'. As an Oxford University graduate and
Bible Society missionary, Douglas had much to teach Alec, but most
important was his refreshing—and surprising— normality. ... Most
importantly, however, he demonstrated one could safely enjoy these
things in moderation."
See also:
• Major General James
Archibald Douglas
Research notes: Tobias Churton Aleister Crowley: The Biography :
Spiritual Revolutionary, 2011. "In 1891, a new tutor appeared.
Archibald Charles Douglas revolutionized Crowley's lonely outlook.
Douglas was smart. He took the 15-year-old to Torquay, opening him
up to the joys of drinking, smoking, card games, and girls.Richard Kaczynski - Perdurabo, Revised and Expanded Edition: The Life of Aleister Crowley 2010 -- Page 24 "The Life of Aleister Crowley Richard Kaczynski. upon the ... As an Oxford University graduate and Bible Society missionary, Douglas had much to teach Alec, but most important was his refreshing—and surprising— normality. ... Most importantly, however, he demonstrated one could safely enjoy these things in moderation."
Someone named James Archibald Douglas was author of 'A Permo-Carboniferous fauna from southwest
Persia (Iran), (India. Geological Survey. Palaeontologia Indica. n.s)'
?1936
James Archibald Douglas was author of Reports on the Road Between
Chilas and Lulusar Lake Viâ the Babusar Pass, 1893, with Charles Herbert
Powell
James Archibald Douglas has connection with Anglo-Persian Oil Company, Ltd (1927)
James Archibald Douglas was author of papers held at Oxford University, Museum of
Natural History, relating to fossil collection from Ecuador and
Peru. c1925
n 1912 by James Archibald Douglas are held in the
Pitt Rivers Museum, South Parks Road, Oxford.James Archibald Douglas
was author of 'Contributions to Persian palaeontology',
Oxford, 1927.
James Archibald Douglas was author, with J.M. Edmonds, of 'John Phillip's geological
maps of the British Isles' 1950. Possibly born 1884.James
Archibald Douglas was author of The Stratigraphical Distribution of the
Cornbrash, 1928, with William Joscelyn Arkell
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