12 Facts About Eric Dingwall

1.

Eric John Dingwall was a British anthropologist, psychical researcher and librarian.

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2.

Eric Dingwall became interested in paranormal phenomena in 1921 and served from 1922 to 1927 as a research officer for the Society for Psychical Research.

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3.

Eric Dingwall was described as an eccentric by those who knew him.

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4.

Eric Dingwall co-edited the four-volume set Abnormal Hypnotic Phenomena.

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5.

Eric Dingwall was the honorary vice-president for The Magic Circle and a founding member of its Occult Committee.

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6.

Eric Dingwall was married twice; firstly to Doris Dunn, an anthropologist and archaeologist ; and secondly, to the psychologist Norah Margaret Davis.

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7.

Eric Dingwall "came from an affluent family and was astute in financial matters ".

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8.

Eric Dingwall had a long interest in antiquarian horology, and had joined the antiquarian section of the British Horological Institute in 1951.

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9.

Eric Dingwall left the British Museum a singing bird automaton and an automaton clock.

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10.

Eric Dingwall co-wrote the skeptical book Four Modern Ghosts with Trevor H Hall which gave rationalistic explanations for alleged supernatural phenomena such as the Yorkshire Museum Ghost and Harry Price's Rosalie materialization seance.

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11.

Eric Dingwall suspected that she hid her ectoplasm in her vagina but did not come to any definite conclusion.

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12.

Eric Dingwall's suspicion was deemed feasible by the gynecologist Florence Willey.

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