James Braid

James Braid

male, deceased (1860)
James Braid (June 19, 1795 - March 25, 1860), was born in Fife, and was the son of James Braid and Anne Suttie. He married Margaret Mason (or... More
Hippolyte Bernheim

Hippolyte Bernheim

male, deceased (1919)
Hippolyte Bernheim was a French physician and neurologist; born at Mülhausen, Alsace. He received his education in his native town and at the U... More
Andrew Jackson Davis

Andrew Jackson Davis

male, deceased (1910)
Andrew Jackson Davis (11 August 1826 - 1910), American spiritualist, was born at Blooming Grove, New York. He had little education, though probably... More
Edmund Gurney

Edmund Gurney

male, deceased (1888)
Edmund Gurney (March 23, 1847 - June 23, 1888), English psychologist, was born at Hersham, near Walton-on-Thames. He was educated at Blackheath and... More
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Abbé Faria

male, deceased (1819)
Abbé Faria, or Abbé (Abbot) José Custódio de Faria, was a colourful Indo-Portuguese monk who was one of the pioneers of the scientific study of hypn... More
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Henri Ellenberger

male, deceased (1993)
Henri F. Ellenberger was a Swiss psychiatrist, medical historian, and criminologist, considered by some to be the founding historiographer of... More
Richard Freiherr von Krafft-Ebing

Richard Freiherr von Krafft-Ebing

male, deceased (1902)
Richard Freiherr von Krafft-Ebing (August 14 1840 - December 22 1902) was an Austro-German psychiatrist who wrote "Psychopathia Sexualis" (1886), a... More
Richard Francis Burton

Richard Francis Burton

male, deceased (1890)
Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton KCMG FRGS (March 19, 1821 - October 20, 1890) was a British explorer, translator, writer, soldier, orientalist,... More
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George Albert Smith

male, deceased (1959)
George Albert Smith (January 4, 1864, Brighton, England - May 17, 1959) was an inventor, a stage hypnotist, psychic, astronomer and magic lantern... More
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John Milne Bramwell

male, deceased (1925)
John Milne Bramwell was an Scottish physician and author, born at Perth, and educated at the University of Edinburgh. He studied hypnotism... More