Knowles, Frederick W(ilfred) (1911-)
Knowles, Frederick W(ilfred) (1911-)
German physician and surgeon who wrote on psychic healing. Knowles was born on June 7, 1911, in Berlin. He studied at the Royal College of Surgeons, England (member 1950), and the Royal College of Physicians (licentiate 1950). His medical practice took him to Canada, India, New Guinea, Australia, and New Zealand as well as to England. He was a life member of the Society for Psychical Research, London, and a charter member of the Parapsychological Association.
Knowles's studies on psychic healing included Indian yoga techniques, hypnosis, and phenomena formerly known as mesmerism. In addition to his medical and anatomical papers, he published articles on paranormal healing.
Sources:
Knowles, Frederick W. "ESP Today." Corrective Psychiatry and Journal of Special Therapy 12, no. 2 (March 1966).
——. "Psychic Healing in Organic Disease." Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research 50, no. 3 (July 1956).
——. "Rat Experiments and Mesmerism." Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research 53, no. 2 (April 1959).
——. "Some Investigations into Psychic Healing." Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research 48, no. 1 (January 1954).
Pleasants, Helene, ed. Biographical Dictionary of Parapsychology. New York: Helix Press, 1964.