Daniel Dunglas Home
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Daniel Dunglas Home (pronounced Hume; 20 March 1833 – 21 June 1886) was a Scottish physical medium with the reported ability to levitate to a variety of heights, speak with the dead, and to produce rapping and knocks in houses at will. His biographer Peter Lamont opines that he was one of the most famous men of his era.[1] Harry Houdini described him as "one of the most conspicuous and lauded of his type and generation" and "the forerunner of the mediums whose forte is fleecing by presuming on the credulity of the public."[2] Home conducted hundreds of séances, which were attended by many eminent Victorians. There have been eyewitness accounts by séance sitters describing conjuring methods and fraud that Home may have employed.[3][4][5]
Daniel Dunglas Home | |
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Born | (1833-03-20)20 March 1833 |
Died | 21 June 1886(1886-06-21) (aged 53) |
Occupation(s) | clairvoyant, medium, psychic |
Years active | 1851−1885 |
Spouses | Alexandria de Kroll
(m. 1858–1862)Julie de Gloumeline (m. 1871) |
Children | 1 |