Raoul Montandon
Raoul Montandon (born November 9, 1877 in Geneva , † September 3, 1950 in Onex ) was a Swiss parapsychologist .
Life
Montandon studied architecture in Geneva and Paris and published 1917-1938 Bibliography on Prehistory and Early History , entitled Bibliography générale des travaux et palethnologiques archéologiques .
Out of humanitarian motivation, Montandon founded the magazine Matériaux pour l'étude des calamités in 1924 . From 1927 he devoted himself to parapsychology , about which he published in 1942 as La mort, cette inconnue .
The University of Geneva awarded him an honorary doctorate in 1940 .
Fonts
- The secret of death . Translation by Helene Kordon. New Culture, Zurich 1946.
literature
- Eugène Pittard : Raoul Montandon, 1877-1950. In: Archives suisses d'anthropologie générale , 1950, pp. 173–177.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Jacques Barrelet: Raoul Montandon. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Montandon, Raoul |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss parapsychologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 9, 1877 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Geneva |
| DATE OF DEATH | 3rd September 1950 |
| Place of death | Onex |