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9.3.1873 Henry Thomas Hamblin born at Walworth, London.

1873 Moved to Brockley, South East London.

1879 Started school.

1888 Leaves school.

1889 Attended Technical Institute.

1891 Obtained employment as an improver.

1891-1895 Lived away from home doing various manual jobs.

Henry thomas hamblin biography of christopher columbus

1896 Had a mystical experience, which he thought of as Divine Presence.

1898 After teaching himself opthalmics at night, qualified as an optician and set up first business.

1899 Contracted typhoid fever.

27.3.1902 Married Eva Elizabeth Harvey.

Moved to East Anglia and then back to London. First son Herbert Wilson Hamblin born.

1904 First came across publications described as "New Thought".

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Acquired several businesses all working with insufficient capital and relying on credit and good will. Second son, Dickie, born. Moved to Sussex-Hampshire border for a short time then back to London.

May 1909 Mother died.

Sep 1909 Leased shop in the West End where he became a an extremel