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Baird Thomas Spalding (1872–1953) was an American writer, author of the spiritual book series: ''Life and Teaching of the Masters of the Far East''. ==Biography== Although Spalding's books claimed he was born in England in 1857, Spalding was born in North Cohocton, New York in 1872. He spent much of his life as a mining engineer in the American West. Research on his life and the purported eleven person research expeditions to the Far East beginning in 1894 to study the "Masters" has turned up no evidence (names, sponsors, travel or research records, etc.) they ever took place. Instead, they determined Spalding did not visit the Far East until his 1935-36 trip to India at the bequest of his publisher, DeVorss, and, further, that his books are works of fiction. 〔http://www.bairdtspalding.org/frequently-asked-questions-about-baird-t-spalding/〕〔http://www.devorss.com/spalding.htm〕 Anecdotal biographical detail was widely promulgated even during his lifetime. At his death in 1953 in Arizona, obituaries conflictingly cited his age as 95 or 107. His date of birth is given as "1872-1873" in the 1880 US census The same date is given in a 1911 California marriage certificate, but his place of birth is now given as England.〔(When and where was Baird T Spalding born? part 1 ), (part 2 ) (2009)〕 Spalding does appear to have briefly visited India in 1935/6, as there is a US passport application dated 1935, and a Seattle immigration record on his return from India, dated 1936. A biography of Spalding, ''Baird T Spalding As I Knew Him'' was published by fellow mystic and DeVorss author David Burton in 1954. About Spalding's claims regarding his birthplace, Burton wrote: :"On two different occasions I asked him where he was born. The first time he told me in 'upstate New York;' the second, 'Spalding, England.' During one of his last public lectures a member of the audience asked where he was born and he answered, 'In India.' He spoke with equal affection for the 'old family home' in upstate New York, in Spalding, England and in Coconada, Madras Province, India" 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Baird T. Spalding」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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