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Edmund Gurney

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Edmund Gurney (23 March 1847 – 23 June 1888) was an English psychologist and parapsychologist. [1]

36 relations: Alice James, Andrew Lang, Archibald Grove, Arthur Thomas Myers, Blackheath, London, Brighton, Cambridge University Press, Charles Richet, Chloroform, Cross-Correspondences, Douglas Blackburn, Edward Burnett Tylor, England, Frank Podmore, Frederic W. H. Myers, George Albert Smith (film pioneer), Ghost, Hallucination, Hersham, Hypnosis, Janet Oppenheim, Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry, Lincoln's Inn, London, Neuralgia, Parapsychology, Paul Janet, Psychologist, Routledge, Séance, Society for Psychical Research, Telepathy, The Daily News (UK), Trinity College, Cambridge, University of Virginia Press, Walton-on-Thames.

Alice James

Alice James (August 7, 1848 – March 6, 1892) was an American diarist, sister of novelist Henry James and philosopher and psychologist William James.

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Andrew Lang

Andrew Lang, FBA (31 March 184420 July 1912) was a Scottish poet, novelist, literary critic, and contributor to the field of anthropology.

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Archibald Grove

Thomas Newcomen Archibald Grove (1855 – 4 June 1920), commonly known as Archibald Grove, was a British magazine editor and Liberal Party politician.

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Arthur Thomas Myers

Dr Arthur Thomas Myers (16 April 1851 – 10 January 1894) was a British physician and sportsman.

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Blackheath, London

Blackheath is a district of south east London, England, within the Royal Borough of Greenwich and the London Borough of Lewisham.

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Brighton

Brighton is a seaside resort on the south coast of England which is part of the city of Brighton and Hove, East Sussex, 47 miles (75 km) south of London.

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Cambridge University Press

Cambridge University Press (CUP) is the publishing business of the University of Cambridge.

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Charles Richet

Prof Charles Robert Richet (25 August 1850 – 4 December 1935) was a French physiologist at the Collège de France known for his pioneering work in immunology.

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Chloroform

Chloroform, or trichloromethane, is an organic compound with formula CHCl3.

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Cross-Correspondences

The cross-correspondences refers to a series of automatic scripts and trance utterances from a group of automatic writers and mediums, involving members of the Society for Psychical Research (SPR).

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Douglas Blackburn

Douglas Blackburn (6 August 1857, Southwark – 28 March 1929, Tonbridge) was an English journalist and novelist, who worked in the Transvaal and Natal between 1892 and 1908.

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Edward Burnett Tylor

Sir Edward Burnett Tylor (2 October 1832 – 2 January 1917) was an English anthropologist, the founder of cultural anthropology.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Frank Podmore

Frank Podmore (5 February 1856 – 14 August 1910) was an English author, and founding member of the Fabian Society.

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Frederic W. H. Myers

Frederic William Henry Myers (6 February 1843 – 17 January 1901) was a poet, classicist, philologist, and a founder of the Society for Psychical Research.

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George Albert Smith (film pioneer)

George Albert Smith (4 January 1864 – 17 May 1959) was an English stage hypnotist, psychic, magic lantern lecturer, Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society, inventor and a key member of the loose association of early film pioneers dubbed the Brighton School by French film historian Georges Sadoul.

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Ghost

In folklore, a ghost (sometimes known as an apparition, haunt, phantom, poltergeist, shade, specter or spectre, spirit, spook, and wraith) is the soul or spirit of a dead person or animal that can appear to the living.

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Hallucination

A hallucination is a perception in the absence of external stimulus that has qualities of real perception.

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Hersham

Hersham is a village in Surrey, within the Greater London Urban Area and the M25.

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Hypnosis

Hypnosis is a state of human consciousness involving focused attention and reduced peripheral awareness and an enhanced capacity to respond to suggestion.

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Janet Oppenheim

Janet Oppenheim (1948–1994) was an American historian.

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Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry

The Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry is a monthly peer-reviewed medical journal published by the BMJ Group.

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Lincoln's Inn

The Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn is one of the four Inns of Court in London to which barristers of England and Wales belong and where they are called to the Bar.

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London

London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.

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Neuralgia

Neuralgia (Greek neuron, "nerve" + algos, "pain") is pain in the distribution of a nerve or nerves, as in intercostal neuralgia, trigeminal neuralgia, and glossopharyngeal neuralgia.

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Parapsychology

Parapsychology is the study of paranormal and psychic phenomena which include telepathy, precognition, clairvoyance, psychokinesis, near-death experiences, reincarnation, apparitional experiences, and other paranormal claims.

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Paul Janet

Paul Alexandre René Janet (30 April 1823 – 4 October 1899) was a French philosopher and writer.

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Psychologist

A psychologist studies normal and abnormal mental states from cognitive, emotional, and social processes and behavior by observing, interpreting, and recording how individuals relate to one another and to their environments.

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Routledge

Routledge is a British multinational publisher.

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Séance

A séance or seance is an attempt to communicate with spirits.

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Society for Psychical Research

The Society for Psychical Research (SPR) is a nonprofit organisation in the United Kingdom.

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Telepathy

Telepathy (from the Greek τῆλε, tele meaning "distant" and πάθος, pathos or -patheia meaning "feeling, perception, passion, affliction, experience") is the purported transmission of information from one person to another without using any known human sensory channels or physical interaction.

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The Daily News (UK)

The Daily News was a national daily newspaper in the United Kingdom.

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Trinity College, Cambridge

Trinity College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge in England.

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University of Virginia Press

The University of Virginia Press (or UVaP) is a university press that is part of the University of Virginia.

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Walton-on-Thames

Walton-on-Thames is a large affluent market town located on the River Thames in the Elmbridge borough of Surrey, England.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_Gurney

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