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In 1899, he taught mathematics at [[University College, Dublin]]. He was an assistant lecturer of physics at the [[University of Birmingham]] starting in 1910, and in October 1914 he went to teach at the [[University of the Punjab]] in [[Lahore]]. He retired in 1927 after a stroke that left him with a paralyzed hand, but he continued to write in his chosen fields. Fournier d'Albe was the inventor of the [[optophone]] and worked as an assistant to the physicist [[Oliver Lodge]].<ref name="Brock 2008"/> He worked for three years as the secretary at the Dublin section of the [[Society for Psychical Research]].<ref name="Brock 2008"/> |
In 1899, he taught mathematics at [[University College, Dublin]]. He was an assistant lecturer of physics at the [[University of Birmingham]] starting in 1910, and in October 1914 he went to teach at the [[University of the Punjab]] in [[Lahore]]. He retired in 1927 after a stroke that left him with a paralyzed hand, but he continued to write in his chosen fields. Fournier d'Albe was the inventor of the [[optophone]] and worked as an assistant to the physicist [[Oliver Lodge]].<ref name="Brock 2008"/> He worked for three years as the secretary at the Dublin section of the [[Society for Psychical Research]].<ref name="Brock 2008"/> |
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He originally endorsed spiritualism after becoming convinced of the work of [[William Crookes]] with the medium [[Florence Cook]]. However, by 1921 he had become skeptical of physical mediumship after detecting trickery from the medium [[Kathleen Goligher]].<ref name="Brock 2008"/> In |
He originally endorsed spiritualism after becoming convinced of the work of [[William Crookes]] with the medium [[Florence Cook]]. However, by 1921 he had become skeptical of physical mediumship after detecting trickery from the medium [[Kathleen Goligher]] but was a believer in the [[supernatural]].<ref name="Brock 2008"/><ref>Wilson, Leigh. (2012). ''Modernism and Magic: Experiments with Spiritualism, Theosophy and the Occult''. Edinburgh University Press. p. 98. ISBN 978-0748627691</ref> In 1920, he translated into English ''Phenomena of Materialization'' by [[Albert von Schrenck-Notzing]] and in 1923 he authored a biography of Crookes. |
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== Selected works == |
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Edmund Edward Fournier d'Albe (born 1868; died June 29, 1933 at St. Albans, UK) was an Irish physicist, astrophysicist and chemist. He was a university professor and distinguished himself in the study and popularization of electromagnetism, as well as the beginnings of astrophysics. He also experimented with improving radio and television.
In addition, he was interested in questions about immortality and held interests in parapsychology and spiritualism.[1] He was one of the originators of pan-Celticism.
Life and career
Fournier d'Albe was from a French Calvinist family which emigrated to Ireland after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685.
In 1899, he taught mathematics at University College, Dublin. He was an assistant lecturer of physics at the University of Birmingham starting in 1910, and in October 1914 he went to teach at the University of the Punjab in Lahore. He retired in 1927 after a stroke that left him with a paralyzed hand, but he continued to write in his chosen fields. Fournier d'Albe was the inventor of the optophone and worked as an assistant to the physicist Oliver Lodge.[1] He worked for three years as the secretary at the Dublin section of the Society for Psychical Research.[1]
He originally endorsed spiritualism after becoming convinced of the work of William Crookes with the medium Florence Cook. However, by 1921 he had become skeptical of physical mediumship after detecting trickery from the medium Kathleen Goligher but was a believer in the supernatural.[1][2] In 1920, he translated into English Phenomena of Materialization by Albert von Schrenck-Notzing and in 1923 he authored a biography of Crookes.
Selected works
- An English-Irish dictionary and phrase book, Dublin: The Celtic Association, 1903.
- The electron theory: A popular introduction to the new theory of electricity and magnetism, London, New York, Bombay: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1906.
- Two new worlds, London, New York, Bombay, Calcutta: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1907.
- New light on immortality, London, New York: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1908.
- Wonders of physical science, London: Macmillan and Co., 1910.
- Contemporary chemistry: A survey of the present state, methods and tendencies of chemical science, New York, D. Van Nostrand Co., 1911.
- The Goligher circle, May to August 1921, London: John M. Watkins, 1922.
- The life of Sir William Crookes, O.M., F.R.S., London: T. F. Unwin, 1923.
- The moon-element; an introduction to the wonders of selenium, London: T. F. Unwin, 1924.
- Hephæstus; or, The soul of the machine, New York, E.P. Dutton & Co, 1925.
- Quo vadimus? Some glimpses of the future, New York, E.P. Dutton & Company, 1925.
Works translated by him
- Across the Sahara by motorcar, G. M. Haardt and L. Audouin-Dubreuil; London: T. F. Unwin, 1924. Translated from French by E. E. Fournier d'Albe.
- The heavens, J. H. Fabre, Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company. Translated by E. E. Fournier d'Albe.
References
- ^ a b c d Brock, William Hodson. (2008). William Crookes (1832–1919) and the Commercialization of Science. Ashgate. pp. 15-16. ISBN 978-0754663225
- ^ Wilson, Leigh. (2012). Modernism and Magic: Experiments with Spiritualism, Theosophy and the Occult. Edinburgh University Press. p. 98. ISBN 978-0748627691
- Obituary, Nature 132, #3325 (July 22, 1933), p. 125, doi:10.1038/132125a0.
- Obituary, Nature 132, #3325 (July 22, 1933), pp. 125-126, doi:10.1038/132125b0.
