Gardner, Gerald Brosseau (1884–1964), publicist of the Wicca religion, was born on 13 June 1884 at Serpentine North, Great Crosby, Lancashire, the third of four sons of a Liverpool timber merchant, William Robert Gardner (d. 1938), and his wife, Louise Barguelew Ennis (...
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Gardner, Gerald Brosseau (1884–1964), publicist of the Wicca religion
Ronald Hutton
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Gregory, William (1803–1858), chemist and psychic investigator
W. H. Brock
Gregory, William (1803–1858), chemist and psychic investigator, was born at St Andrew's Square, Edinburgh, on 25 December 1803, the fourth son of James Gregory (1753–1821), professor of medicine in the University of Edinburgh, and his second wife, Miss McLeod. He was descended from a long line of '...
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Mathers, Samuel Liddell (1854–1918), occultist
R. A. Gilbert
Mathers, Samuel Liddell (1854–1918), occultist, was born on 8 January 1854 at 11 De Beauvoir Place, Hackney, Middlesex, the son of William Mathers, a merchant's clerk, and his wife, Mary Ann, formerly Collins (d. 1885). From 1866 to 1870 he received a classical education at ...
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Myers, Frederic William Henry (1843–1901), psychical researcher and essayist
Alan Gauld
Myers, Frederic William Henry (1843–1901), psychical researcher and essayist, was born on 6 February 1843 at St John's parsonage, Keswick, Cumberland, the eldest son of Frederic Myers (1811–1851), perpetual curate of St John's, and his second wife, Susan Harriet Marshall (1811–1896). The mathematician ...
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Myers, Frederic William Henry (1843–1901)
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Frederic William Henry Myers (1843–1901) by Eveleen Myers © National Portrait Gallery, London
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Podmore, Frank (1856–1910), writer on psychical research
Alan Gauld
Podmore, Frank (1856–1910), writer on psychical research, was born at Elstree, Hertfordshire, on 5 February 1856, third son of the Revd Thompson Podmore (1823–1895) and his wife, Georgina Elizabeth, daughter of George Grey Barton and Sarah Barton. After attending Elstree Hill School from 1863 to 1868, ...
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Sanders [formerly Carter], (Orrell) Alexander [Alex] (1926–1988), promoter of the Wicca religion
Ronald Hutton
Sanders [formerly Carter], (Orrell) Alexander [Alex] (1926–1988), promoter of the Wicca religion, was born Orrell Alexander Carter, at 56 Church Road, Tranmere, Birkenhead, on 6 June 1926, the son of Orrell Alexander Carter, labourer and musician, and Hannah Jane Bibby, a domestic servant who later became a professional foster mother. Although his parents never married, ...
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Spare, Austin Osman (1886–1956), artist and occultist
Phil Baker
Spare, Austin Osman (1886–1956), artist and occultist, was born on 30 December 1886 at 10 Bloomfield Place, King Street, Snowhill, near Smithfield, London, the fourth of the five children of Philip Newton Spare (1857–1928), a City of London policeman, and his wife, Eliza Ann Adelaide, ...
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Valiente [née Dominy], Doreen Edith (1922–1999), witch
Ronald Hutton
Valiente [née Dominy], Doreen Edith (1922–1999), witch, was born on 4 January 1922 at 1 High Street, Colliers Wood, Mitcham, Surrey, the daughter of Harry Dominy (1884-1940)), architect, and his wife, Edith Annie Richardson (1884-1964). Her father came from Cerne Abbas in ...
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Waite, Arthur Edward (1857–1942), mystic and historian of occultism
R. A. Gilbert
Waite, Arthur Edward (1857–1942), mystic and historian of occultism, was born on 2 October 1857 at Brooklyn, New York, the son of Charles Frederick Waite, an American merchant marine captain of Lyme in Connecticut, and his common-law wife, Emma Lovell, whose family were involved in the ...
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Waite, Arthur Edward (1857–1942)
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Arthur Edward Waite (1857–1942) by Alvin Langdon Coburn, 1921 © National Portrait Gallery, London
