Bergman, Samuel Hugo (1883-1975)
Bergman, Samuel Hugo (1883-1975)
Born December 25, 1883, at Prague, Czechoslovakia, he received his Ph.D. from German University, Prague, 1905. He was librarian of the Jewish National and University Library, Jerusalem, 1920-35, and professor of philosophy, rector, and dean of the humanities faculty at Hebrew University, Israel, beginning 1935. Bergman has written on philosophical subjects, with a special interest in parapsychology in relation to philosophy. He served on the committee of the Parapsychological Study Group, Israel. His writings include Experimente über Telepathie (Experiments in Telepathy) (1911). Hebrew University bestowed an honorary Ph.D. on Bergman in 1959.
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