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Gerald Gardner
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British Wiccan leader (1884–1964)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 32
Top works
- Book of Shadows
- Garnerian Book of Shadows
- Ye Bok of Ye Art Magical
- The Quotable Mr. Kennedy
- Witchcraft Today
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 27
- Total plays
- 99
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Gerald Brosseau Gardner, also known by the craft name Scire, was an English Wiccan, as well as an author and an amateur anthropologist and archaeologist. He was instrumental in bringing the Contemporary Pagan religion of Wicca to public attention, writing some of its definitive religious texts and founding the tradition of Gardnerian Wicca. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Gerald+Gardner">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Gene Ontology: tool for the unification of biology
· 2000 · cited 36,351x
- Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome
· 2001 · cited 18,518x
- A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,405x
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,380x
- Improved Survival with Ipilimumab in Patients with Metastatic Melanoma
· 2010 · cited 12,895x
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Key facts
- Born
- Gerald Brosseau Gardner , 13 June 1884, Blundellsands, Lancashire , England
- Died
- 12 February 1964 (1964-02-12) (aged 79), aboard ship, en route to Tunis
- Occupations
- Tea and rubber planter customs officer Wiccan priest writer novelist
- Spouse
- Dorothy Rosedale
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- date of birth
- 1884-06-13
- date of death
- 1964-02-12
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- Gerald Gardner
- birth name
- Gerald Brousseau Gardner
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Gerald Brosseau Gardner (13 June 1884 – 12 February 1964), also known by the craft name Scire, was an English Wiccan, author, and amateur anthropologist and archaeologist. He was instrumental in bringing the modern pagan religion of Wicca to public attention, writing some of its definitive religious texts and founding the tradition of Gardnerian Wicca.
Born into an upper-middle-class family in Blundellsands, Lancashire, Gardner spent much of his childhood abroad in Madeira. In 1900, he moved to colonial Ceylon. In 1911, he relocated to Malaya, where he worked as a civil servant. Independently, he developed an interest in the native peoples, writing papers, and even a book about their magical practices.