Slomann, Aage (1891-1970)

Danish chemical engineer who was concerned with parapsychology. He was born on October 25, 1891, at Copenhagen. He graduated as a chemical engineer in 1914 at the Technical University of Denmark. He worked as a chemical engineer in Denmark (1914-18), in Bordeaux, France (1919-20), and in New York (1920-31). He returned to Denmark where he was a factory superintendent for Colgate-Palmolive in Copenhagen until his retirement (1932-56).

Slomann was particularly interested in qualitative research and philosophical aspects of parapsychology, and he lectured on psychical research throughout Scandinavia and broadcast over Danish radio. He was a member of the executive committee of the Danish Society for Psychical Research beginning in 1950, named honorary librarian and research officer in 1956, and elected president in 1961. He was a member of the Society for Psychical Research (SPR) and the Swedish Society for Parapsychological Research, and he was a charter associate of the Parapsychological Association.

In 1959, he completed a two-year survey of paranormal phenomena in Denmark. He published many articles on parapsychology in the Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research, the Journal of the SPR, and the Danish parapsychological journals Psykisk Forum and Psykisk Information.

Sources:

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