The name of Alfred Percy Sinnett (1840–1921) will ever be honoured in the annals of Theosophy. He, along with Mme H. P. Blavatsky and Col. Olcott, bore the brunt of the opposition which was inevitable when Theosophy was first expounded in the nineteenth century. To Mr Sinnett will always belong the honour of having given the Western world, in his Esoteric Buddhism, the first broad outline of what the Ancient Wisdom taught about Deity, Nature and Man. He was Vice-President of the Theosophical Society between 1880–88, 1895–1907, 1911–1921, and Acting President of the TS for four months in 1907, soon after the death of Col. Olcott.
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