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'''Richard Hodgson''' (September 24, 1855 - December 20, 1905) was an Australian attorney who investigated [[Phenomena|psychic phenomena]]. He became a member of the English [[Society for Psychical Research]] (SPR) in 1882, and secretary of [[American Society for Psychical Research]] in 1887. He is best known as author of the [[Hodgson Report|"Hodgson Report"]], in which he declared that [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky|Madame Blavatsky]] used fraudulent means to produce [[phenomena]]. The report was re-examined by Dr. Vernon Harrison, an expert on forgery, who discredited Hodgson's methods and conclusions.
'''Richard Hodgson''' (September 24, 1855 - December 20, 1905) was an Australian attorney who investigated [[Phenomena|psychic phenomena]]. He became a member of the English [[Society for Psychical Research]] (SPR) in 1882, and secretary of [[American Society for Psychical Research]] in 1887. He is best known as author of the [[Hodgson Report|"Hodgson Report"]], in which he declared that [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky|Madame Blavatsky]] used fraudulent means to produce [[phenomena]]. The report was re-examined by Dr. Vernon Harrison, an expert on forgery, who discredited Hodgson's methods and conclusions.
"The psychologist and psychical researcher [[James H. Hyslop|James Hyslop]] dedicated his 1905 book ''Science and a Future Life'', a study of the mediumship of [Leonora] Piper, to Hodgson, writing that Hodgson's research led him to the conclusions defended in the book."<ref>James H. Hyslop, [https://archive.org/stream/scienceandfutur00hysl#page/n7/mode/2up ''Science and a Future Life'']. Boston: H.B. Turner & Co., 1905.</ref>


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Richard Hodgson

Richard Hodgson (September 24, 1855 - December 20, 1905) was an Australian attorney who investigated psychic phenomena. He became a member of the English Society for Psychical Research (SPR) in 1882, and secretary of American Society for Psychical Research in 1887. He is best known as author of the "Hodgson Report", in which he declared that Madame Blavatsky used fraudulent means to produce phenomena. The report was re-examined by Dr. Vernon Harrison, an expert on forgery, who discredited Hodgson's methods and conclusions.

"The psychologist and psychical researcher James Hyslop dedicated his 1905 book Science and a Future Life, a study of the mediumship of [Leonora] Piper, to Hodgson, writing that Hodgson's research led him to the conclusions defended in the book."[1]

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  1. James H. Hyslop, Science and a Future Life. Boston: H.B. Turner & Co., 1905.