Leonora Piper

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Leonora Piper was a famous American trance medium of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, extensively studied by psychical researchers for her purported communication with the dead.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American
person
spiritualist medium
trance medium
activePeriod early 20th century
late 19th century
associatedWith Boston NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1857
dateOfDeath 1950
describedAs famous American trance medium
era Edwardian era NERFINISHED
Victorian era
familyName Piper NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork psychical research
spiritualism
givenName Leonora NERFINISHED
hasEffect influenced debates on survival after death
influenced early psychical research methodologies
hasReligion Christianity
languageOfWorkOrName English
notableFor being extensively studied by psychical researchers
purported communication with the dead
trance mediumship
occupation medium
trance medium
placeOfBirth New Hampshire NERFINISHED
sexOrGender female
studiedBy American Society for Psychical Research NERFINISHED
Richard Hodgson NERFINISHED
Society for Psychical Research NERFINISHED
William James NERFINISHED

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Leonora hasNotableBearer Leonora Piper
Spiritualism hasKeyFigure Leonora Piper