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Evelyn Underhill
1875Dec, 6

Evelyn Underhill

Evelyn Underhill, English mystic and author (d. 1941)
Evelyn Underhill (6 December 1875 – 15 June 1941) was an English Anglo-Catholic writer and pacifist known for her numerous works on religion and spiritual practice, in particular Christian mysticism. Her best-known is Mysticism, published in 1911.

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