Kooy, J(ohannes) M(arie) J(oseph)(1902-)

Lecturer in mathematics and physics who made special studies of the problems of space travel and precognition in dreams. Kooy was born on July 13, 1902, at Rotterdam, the Netherlands. He studied at the Technical University of Delft and the University of Leyden (Ph.D. physics and mathematics). He became an engineer with De Nederlandsche Staalindustrie, Rotterdam (1927-32); chief scientific adviser in the aeronautical department of the Technical University, Delft (1936-39); a lecturer in theoretical physics, mechanics, and mathematics at the Royal Military Academy, Breda (1939-59); and a lecturer in space-flight mechanics at the Technical University of Delft (1960-). Besides his publications on ballistics, space travel, and related fields, Kooy published many papers on parapsychology, especially ruminations on the relationship of time, space, and psychical events. He was a charter associate member of the Parapsychological Association.

Sources:

Kooy, J. M. J. "Introspectief Onderzoek naar Het Dunne-Effect" (Introspective Investigation of the Dunne-Effect). Tijdschrift voor Parapsychologie 6, no. 3 (March 1934).

——. "Paragnosie en Kansrekening" (Extrasensory Perception and the Calculus of Probability). Tijdschrift voor Parapsychologie 7, no. 3 (March 1935).

——. "Reply to Dr. Chari." Journal of Parapsychology 22, no. 1 (March 1958).

——. "Space, Time and Consciousness." Journal of Parapsychology 21, no. 4 (December 1957).

——. "Tijd, Ruimte en Paragnosie" (Time, Space and Extrasensory Perception). Tijdschrift voor Parapsychologie 15, nos. 3-4, (May-July 1947).

Pleasants, Helene, ed. Biographical Dictionary of Parapsychology. New York: Helix Press, 1964.