William Wynn Westcott

<p><b >William Wynn Westcott</b>&nbsp;(17 December 1848 – 30 July 1925) was a&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coroner" title="Coroner" >coroner</a>,&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceremonial_magic" title="Ceremonial magic" >ceremonial magician</a>, and&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freemasonry" title="Freemasonry" >Freemason</a>&nbsp;born in&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leamington,_Warwickshire" title="Leamington, Warwickshire" class="mw-redirect" >Leamington, Warwickshire</a>,&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/England" title="England" >England</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference" ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Wynn_Westcott#cite_note-1" >[1]</a></sup>&nbsp;He was a Supreme Magus (chief) of the&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Societas_Rosicruciana_in_Anglia" title="Societas Rosicruciana in Anglia" >S.R.I.A</a>&nbsp;and went on to co found the&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermetic_Order_of_the_Golden_Dawn" title="Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn" >Golden Dawn</a>.</p>

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He was a doctor of medicine.

In 1871 he became active in&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freemasonry" title="Freemasonry" >Freemasonry</a>&nbsp;where he become Master of his home Lodge three years later and also the&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quatuor_Coronati_Lodge" title="Quatuor Coronati Lodge" ><i>Quatuor Coronati</i></a>&nbsp;research lodge (Master 1893–94<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference" ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Wynn_Westcott#cite_note-2" >[2]</a></sup>).

In 1879 he moved to Hendon. In 1880 he began studying the&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabbalah" title="Kabbalah" >Kabbalah</a>&nbsp;and joined&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Societas_Rosicruciana_in_Anglia" title="Societas Rosicruciana in Anglia" >Societas Rosicruciana in Anglia</a>. In 1882 he met&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Liddell_Mathers" title="Samuel Liddell Mathers" class="mw-redirect" >Samuel Liddell Mathers</a>.</p>

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He retired as a coroner after 1910, emigrated to&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Africa" title="South Africa" >South Africa</a>&nbsp;in 1918, and died in&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durban" title="Durban" >Durban</a>&nbsp;in 1925.</p>

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