Hyslop, George Hall (1892-1965)

American physician, neuropsychiatrist, and psychical researcher. He was born on December 20, 1892, in New York City. He studied at Indiana University (B.A., 1913; M.A. psychology, 1914) and Cornell University Medical College (M.D., 1919). He had a distinguished medical and psychiatric career and served as president of the New York Neurological Society (1955-56) and as chair of the section on neurology and psychiatry of the New York Academy of Medicine (1941-42).

Hyslop was the son of pioneer psychic researcher James Hervey Hyslop. He joined the board of the American Society for Psychical Research (ASPR) in 1921, the year after his father's death, and suffered through the society's disruption in the 1920s. He emerged at the end of the decade as one of the prime voices demanding the reestablishment of the high standards of research that had existed during his father's lifetime. In 1941, at the time of the merger of the Boston Society for Psychical Research back into the ASPR, he assumed the mantle of leadership of the organization and served as president for the next 21 years. He was also a member of the Society for Psychical Research, London, and the Parapsychological Association.