| 词条 | Lydia W. Allison |
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Lydia Winterhalter Allison (September 14, 1880 – March 25, 1959), best known as Lydia W. Allison, was an American parapsychologist and writer. BiographyAllison was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. In 1905, she married physician Edward Wood Allison. After the death of her husband in 1920 she became involved in psychical research.[1] She was the Secretary and Assistant Treasurer of the American Society for Psychical Research and Chairman of its Committee of Publications. In 1925 she founded the Boston Society for Psychical Research with Walter Franklin Prince and others.[2][3] Allison investigated spiritualist mediums such as Gladys Osborne Leonard and Minnie M. Soule. She authored Leonard and Soule Experiments (1929). Gardner Murphy commented that "Her combination of unfailing enthusiasm for the highest quality research and solid skepticism regarding unsound methods made her a precious collaborator."[2] Psychical researcher G. N. M. Tyrrell wrote that Allison was a "very experienced and scientifically cautious investigator."[4] Selected publications
References1. ^"Lydia W. Allison". Lyceum Library. {{DEFAULTSORT:Allison, Lydia W.}}2. ^1 "Allison, Lydia W(interhalter) (1880-1959)". Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology. 3. ^Williams, William F. (2000). From Alien Abductions to Zone Therapy. Routledge. p. 40. {{ISBN|1-57958-207-9}}. 4. ^Tyrrell, G. N. M. (1961). Science and Psychical Phenomena. University Books, p. 200. 4 : 1880 births|1959 deaths|Parapsychologists|Writers from Milwaukee |
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