Person
Hodgson, Richard (1855 - 1905)
- Born
- 24 September 1855
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Died
- 20 December 1905
- Occupation
- Psychical researcher
Summary
Richard Hodgson spent much of his adult life in England where he became fascinated by man's indefinite consciousness and psychic powers. He was one of the earliest members of the Society for Psychical Research and was sent to India in 1884 to investigate the occult happenings associated with Madame Blavatsky. He exposed her as a fake and became adept at detecting other fraudulent people including Eusapia Palladino – a renowned European psychic medium. Hodgson was also a lecturer at Cambridge University for some time.
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Chronology
- 1874
- Education - Bachelor of Arts (BA) completed at the University of Melbourne
- 1876
- Education - Master of Arts (MA) completed at the University of Melbourne
- 1878
- Education - Doctor of Laws (LLD) received from the University of Melbourne
- 1882 -
- Career position - Member of the Society for Psychical Research
- 1882
- Education - Bachelor of Arts (BA) completed at St John's College, Cambridge
- 1883 - 1884
- Career position - Extension Lecturer in Philosophy and English Literature at the University of Cambridge
- 1884 -
- Career position - Lecturer on Herbert Spencer at the University of Cambridge
- 1884
- Career position - Sent to investigate the Madame Blavatsky occult in India
- 1887 -
- Career position - Secretary of the American Society of Psychical Research
- 1893
- Education - Master of Arts (MA) completed at St John's College, Cambridge
- 1894
- Career position - Exposed Eusapia Palladino as a psychic fraud
Published resources
Book Sections
- Smith, F. B., 'Hodgson, Richard (1855-1905)' in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Douglas Pike, ed., vol. 4 (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1972), pp. 406-407. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A040457b.htm. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1648302. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/19831827. Details
- 'Hodgson, Richard (1855-1905)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1462183. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 26 March 2007
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