Perovsky-Petrovo-Solovovo

Count Perovsky-Petrovo-Solovovo (1868-1954) was a Russian psychical investigator and skeptic.

Solovovo was born Michael Solovioy, but became known as "Count Solovovo". He joined the Society for Psychical Research (SPR) in 1890.[1] He published several controversial papers in the SPR Journal arguing that many spiritualist mediums had been caught in fraud. In 1936 he moved to London.

In 1912, Solovovo described a letter written by Dr. Barthez, a physician in the court of Empress Eugenie, which claimed the medium Daniel Dunglas Home was caught using his foot to fake supposed spirit effects during a séance in Biarritz in 1857. The letter proved controversial within the parapsychology community and has become a source of debate between Home's defenders and skeptics.[2][3][4]

Selected publications

References

  1. ↑ "Count Perovsky-Petrovo-Solovovo". Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology.
  2. ↑ Casey, John. (2009). After Lives: A Guide to Heaven, Hell and Purgatory. Oxford University Press. pp. 373-374. ISBN 978-0-19-509295-0
  3. ↑ Stein, Gordon. (1993). The Sorcerer of Kings: The Case of Daniel Dunglas Home and William Crookes. Prometheus Books. pp. 99-100. ISBN 0-87975-863-5
  4. ↑ Lamont, Peter. (2005) The First Psychic: The Peculiar Mystery of a Notorious Victorian Wizard. Abacus. pp. 90-94. ISBN 0-349-11825-6
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