The New International Encyclopædia/Judge, William Quan

JUDGE, William Quan (1851—). An Irish-American Theosophist, born at Dublin. He came to the United States in 1864 with his father, practiced law in New York City from 1872 to 1880, and then founded, with Madame Blavatsky and Colonel Olcott, the Theosophical Society of America. He had been trained in theosophical beliefs and now, as secretary of this society, traveled in South and Central America, the West Indies, and Europe. See Theosophical Society.