William Crookes
William Crookes
“Television in those days harboured deviants. It was spectral, a dreamscape. This may have been inevitable: a key figure in the development of the cathode-ray tube was William Crookes (1832-1919) who was interested in spiritualism and also served as president of the Society for Psychical Research. (In 1890, he was initiated into the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn.)“—https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/aug/13/the-magic-box-by-rob-young-review-a-spirited-history-of-television
Events
- Born June 17, 1832 at London, England
- Elected 1886 as a member to the American Philosophical Society
- Initiated 1890 into Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn
- President Society for Psychical Research 1980s
- Member Theosophical Society
- Member The Ghost Club, president 1907—1912
- Died April 4, 1919 at London, England
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