Mathur, Raghuvansh B(ahadur) (1918-)

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Mathur, Raghuvansh B(ahadur) (1918-)

Indian educator who has investigated parapsychological subjects. He was born September 17, 1918, at Lucknow, India. He studied at the University of Lucknow (B.A., 1937), London University (B.A. with honors, 1940; DPA, 1942; Ph.D., 1947), and Cambridge University (certificate in education, 1942). In 1953 he became the chair of the Department of Education, University of Lucknow. He was interested in clairvoyance, telepathy, and psychokinesis, and investigated ESP in school children.

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

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