De Fontenay, Guillaume (1861-1914)
De Fontenay, Guillaume (1861-1914)
Prominent French psychical investigator, especially known for his researches into psychic photography. In important works such as Action des encres sur la plaque photographique, La Chimicographie et la Prétendue Photographie du Rayonnement vital, and Note relative aux prétendues radiations organiques du commandant Dorget, he offers an explanation for emanation photographs of the human body. He also wrote excellent books on the mediumship of Eusapia Palladino and Linda Gazzera. He died in 1914 in France.
Sources:
De Fontenay, Guillaume. Apropos d'Eusapia Palladino. N.p., 1898.
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