Williamson, George Evans (1887-?)

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Williamson, George Evans (1887-?)

A businessman active in South African parapsychology. He was born on January 14, 1887, at Malvern, England. He studied at Rugby School (1900-05) and Cambridge University (M.A.,LL.B., 1908). He served in the British Army during World War I(1914-18) and then became a businessman in England (1918-39). He moved to South Africa as World War II began and lived there for the rest of his life. He was a founding member and president for some years of the Cape Town Psychic Club and Library, and a fellow of the College of Psychic Science, London.

Sources:

Pleasants, Helene, ed. Biographical Dictionary of Parapsychology. New York: Helix Press, 1964.

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