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), University of Melbourne
1876: Education - Master of Arts (MA), University of Melbourne
1878: Education - Doctor of Laws (LLD), University of Melbourne
1882 -: Career position - Member of the Society for Psychical Research
1882: Education - Bachelor of Arts (BA), St John's College, Cambridge
1883 - 1884: Career position - Extension Lecturer in Philosophy and English Literature, University of Cambridge
1884 -: Career position - Lecturer on Herbert Spencer, University of Cambridge
1884: Career position - Sent to investigate the Madame Blavatsky occult in India
1887 -: Career position - Secretary, American Society of Psychical Research
1893: Education - Master of Arts (MA), 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, volume 4: 1851 - 1890 D-J, Douglas Pike, ed. (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.

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