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A medal given to outstanding writers in theosophy. It was established in the 1883 convention of the Theosophical Society (TS) in honor of T. Subba Row, a very learned member of the Society.  It was first intended to be awarded annually to the best essay in one of four departments of esotericism: Aryan, Buddhist, Chaldean and Zoroastrian, Jewish and Christian. In 1891 the Medal was granted to those whose writings have greatly contributed to theosophical literature.  The following were the awardees:

1885: P. Srinivasa Rao  
1888: H. P. Blavatsky    
1895: Annie Besant     
1896: A. P. Sinnett    
1897: C. W. Leadbeater    
1898: George R. S.  Mead       
1899: W. Scott-Elliot   (W.Williamson)    
1900: Bhagavan Das     
1906: Dr. Theophile Pascal    
1909: Dr. Rudolf Steiner    
1911: J. Krishnamurti 
1912: Dr. F. Otto Schrader    
1913: C. Jinar€jad€sa    
1923: Dewan Bahadur Purmendu 
      Narayan Sinha    
1924: Ernest Wood     
1925: Dr. J. J. Van der Leeuw    
1934: Mme. Helena Pissareff    
1935: Dr. George S.Arundale    
1936: Prof. J. Emile Marcault
1938: Josephine Ransom    
1939: Prof. Darab Dinsha Kanga    
1940: Edward Lewis Gardner    
1941: Hirendranath Datta     
1942: Dr. James Henry Cousins    
1943: Bhikku šry€sa‰ga    
1944: Mary K. Neff    
1946: Dr. G. Srinivasa Murti    
1949: Louis W. Rogers 
1951: N. Sri Ram     
1952: Elizabeth Winter Preston      
1954: Geoffrey Hodson    
1955: Rohit Mehta    
1956: Clara Codd    
1975: Dr. I. K. Taimni    
1976: Dr. E. Lester-Smith    
1981: Boris de Zirkoff    
1990: Virginia Hanson    
1996: Geoffrey A. Farthing  

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