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Gerald Gardner

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.

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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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Legacy

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Gerald Gardner

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Gerald Gardner → About, Archived, Controverscial, December, Gardner, GeraldGardner, History, June, Shadows, Wayback MachineBiography, Wayback MachineThe Gardnerian Book
Occupations · 5
Gerald Gardner → customs officer, novelist, Tea and rubber planter, Wiccan priest, writer
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Gerald Gardner → Gerald Brosseau Gardner 13 June 1884 Blundellsands, Lancashire, England
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Gerald Gardner → 12 February 1964(1964-02-12) (aged 79) aboard ship, en route to Tunis
Spouse · 1
Gerald Gardner → Dorothy Rosedale

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Gerald GardnerOccupationsWiccan priest1.00infobox
Gerald GardnerOccupationswriter1.00infobox
Gerald GardnerOccupationsnovelist1.00infobox
Gerald GardnerSpouseDorothy Rosedale1.00infobox
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