Walter, W(illiam) Grey (1910-1977)
Walter, W(illiam) Grey (1910-1977)
Physiologist with special interests in the study of the neuro-physiological correlates of such paranormal states as hypnosis, sleep, trance, and hallucination. Walter was born on February 19, 1910, in Kansas City, Missouri. He studied at Cambridge University (B.A., 1931, M.A., 1935; D.Sc., 1947). He was director of the Physiological Department at Burden Neurological Institute, Bristol, England, from 1939 onward, founder of the EEG Society, and the editor of EEG Journal. He wrote a number of books, the most famous being The Living Brain (1953), which was translated into several foreign languages. He died May 6, 1977.
Sources:
Pleasants, Helene, ed. Biographical Dictionary of Parapsychology. New York: Helix Press, 1964.
Walter, W. Grey. The Living Brain. New York: Norton, 1953.
——. "The Neurophysiological Aspects of Hallucination and Illusory Experience." Proceedings of the Society for Psychical Research.