From Borderland Sciences Research
| Sir Oliver Joseph Lodge | |
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 "Sir Oliver Lodge" by Spy (1904) |
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| Born | June 12, 1851 Penkhull, Staffordshire (UK) |
| Died | August 22, 1940 (89) Wilsford, Wiltshire (UK) |
| Occupation(s) | Physicist, Inventor |
| Notable award(s) | Rumford Medal of the Royal Society (1898) |
Sir Oliver Joseph Lodge, F.R.S. (June 12, 1851 – August 22, 1940) was a British physicist and writer, commonly lauded today for his contributions to wireless telegraphy and as a proponent of Maxwell's ether theory, and less commonly for his spiritualism and psychical research efforts.
Selected Bibliography
- "The Ether of Space" (print, BSRF) — or read online (archive.org)
- "Man and the Universe" [or "Science and Immortality"] (1920, archive.org)
- "The Mode of Future Existence" (1933 lecture; cfpf.org.uk)
Resources
- "Oliver Lodge: Almost the Father of Radio" by James P. Rybak (antiquewireless.org)
- First Spiritual Temple profile of Sir Oliver Lodge (fst.org)