Delanne, Gabriel (1857-1926)

A leading French Spiritualist and psychical researcher. He was born March 23, 1857, in Paris. He became an engineer, and his experience assisted him in becoming what Theodore Flournoy called "the most scientific of French spiritists."

Delanne pioneered the use of paraffin casts to obtain evidence of materialization. He also collected evidence of rein-carnation. For many years he edited the Revue Scientifique et Moderne de Spiritisme. He wrote several books based on his investigations that marshall a case for life after death. Though he gradually went blind, he continued to participate in psychical research until shortly before his death on February 15, 1926.