Gerald Gardner

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Gerald Gardner was a British civil servant and occultist widely regarded as the founder of modern Wicca in the mid-20th century.

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instanceOf civil servant
human
occultist
writer
birthDate 1884-06-13
birthPlace Blundellsands, Lancashire, England
causeOfDeath heart attack
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
deathDate 1964-02-12
employer British colonial civil service
familyName Gardner
fieldOfWork ceremonial magic
folklore
modern paganism
founded Bricket Wood coven
Wicca
surface form: Gardnerian Wicca
genre folklore studies
occult literature
religion
givenName Gerald
hasAlias G. B. Gardner
Scire
influenced Alex Sanders
Doreen Valiente
Raymond Buckland
modern pagan witchcraft
influencedBy Aleister Crowley
Margaret Murray
Theosophy
ceremonial magic traditions
knownFor founding modern Wicca
popularizing Wicca in the mid-20th century
languageOfWorkOrName English
movement Wicca
name Gerald Gardner self-linksurface differs
surface form: Gerald Brosseau Gardner
nationality British
notableWork The Meaning of Witchcraft
Witchcraft Today
occupation author
civil servant
museum curator
occultist
placeOfDeath en route near Tunis, Tunisia
religion Wicca
residence Highcliffe, Hampshire, England
spouse Donna Gardner
workedIn Borneo
Sri Lanka
surface form: Ceylon

Federation of Malaya
surface form: Malaya

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Gardner hasNotableBearer Gerald Gardner
Gardner hasNotableBearer Gerald Gardner
this entity surface form: Gerald Gardner (Wicca founder)
Gerald hasNotableBearer Gerald Gardner
Gerald Gardner name Gerald Gardner self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Gerald Brosseau Gardner
Wicca popularizedBy Gerald Gardner