Robert Zaehner

Robert Zaehner was a British intelligence officer, university teacher, diplomat, philosopher, historian and writer (1913–1974). He was born at Sevenoaks and died at Oxford.

Also recorded as R.C. Zaehner; Robert Charles Zaehner; Robin Zaehner.

Robert Zaehner in brief

Born
1913
Died
1974
Known for
intelligence officer, university teacher, diplomat, philosopher, historian, writer, soe agent and religious studies scholar
Place of birth
Sevenoaks
Contents

Catalogued works

4 works under this name are catalogued by Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1961 to 2004.

Drugs, mysticism and make-believe / R.C. Zaehner., dated 1972, held by Wellcome Collection. Mysticism sacred and profane : an inquiry into some varieties of praeternatural experience / R. C. Zaehner., dated 1961, held by Wellcome Collection. Concordant discord : : the interdependence of faiths being the Gifford lectures on natural religion delivered at St. Andrews in 1967-1969 / by R.C. Zaehner., dated 1970, held by Wellcome Collection. "Ein Wunder wie der goldene Zahn" : eine "unerhörte" Begebenheit aus dem Jahre 1593 macht Geschichte(n) / von Robert Jütte., dated [2004], held by Wellcome Collection.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.

Wellcome Collection: 4 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

13 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

ZAEHNER, ROBERT CHARLES, Encyclopaedia Iranica Online. Robert Charles Zaehner (1913-1974), History of Religions, 1976. Zaehner, Prof. Robert Charles, (8 April 1913–24 Nov. 1974), Spalding Professor of Eastern Religions and Ethics, University of Oxford, since 1952; Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, since 1952, Who Was Who, 2007. <i>Hindu and Muslim Mysticism</i>. Robert C. Zaehner, The Journal of Religion, 1962. Book Review: Christian, Non-Christian Dialogue: The Vision of Robert C. Zaehner, International Bulletin of Missionary Research, 1982. The Resurrection of the Body and Life Everlasting, The Teachings of the Magi, 2021. A Catechism, The Teachings of the Magi, 2021. Sacraments and Sacrifice, The Teachings of the Magi, 2021. The Devil's Onslaught, The Teachings of the Magi, 2021. The Good Ethics, The Teachings of the Magi, 2021. The Individual Judgement at Death, The Teachings of the Magi, 2021. The Necessity of Dualism, The Teachings of the Magi, 2021. The Two Primeval Spirits and Creation, The Teachings of the Magi, 2021.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 12 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 4 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 4 means 4 genuinely separate publishers of record. 16 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

Chronology

  1. 1913Robert Zaehner born at Sevenoaks.
  2. 1961Mysticism sacred and profane : an inquiry into some varieties of praeternatural experience / R. C. Zaehner. (Wellcome Collection).
  3. 1970Concordant discord : : the interdependence of faiths being the Gifford lectures on natural religion delivered at St. Andrews in 1967-1969 / by R.C. Zaehner. (Wellcome Collection).
  4. 1972Drugs, mysticism and make-believe / R.C. Zaehner. (Wellcome Collection).
  5. 1974Robert Zaehner died at Oxford.
  6. 2004"Ein Wunder wie der goldene Zahn" : eine "unerhörte" Begebenheit aus dem Jahre 1593 macht Geschichte(n) / von Robert Jütte. (Wellcome Collection).

Sources

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  1. 1.

    “Robert Charles Zaehner”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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  2. 2.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q959943: Robert Zaehner

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