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{{Short description|British author, journalist and psychical researcher}}
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'''Ernest Clephan Palmer''' (1883-1954) was a British author and [[journalist]].
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| name = E. Clephan Palmer
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| birth_date = 1883
| birth_place = [[Ipswich]]
| death_date = 4 July 1954
| death_place = [[Blyth Rural District|Blyth, Suffolk]]
| occupation = Journalist}}


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'''Ernest Clephan Palmer''' (1883 – 4 July 1954) was a British author, [[journalist]] and [[Parapsychology|psychical researcher]].
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Palmer was born in [[Ipswich]] and worked for forty years as an editor for the [[London Daily News]] and the [[News Chronicle]]. For twenty-three years Palmer was a member of the Parliamentary Press Gallery. Throughout is career he also worked for the West Sussex Gazette, the [[Daily Express]], the [[Morning Leader]] and the [[Daily Mail]].<ref>[[Richard Whittington-Egan|Richard Whittington Egan]]. (1991). ''William Roughead's Chronicles of Murder''. Lochar Pub. p. 380</ref>


==Biography==
He served in [[France]] and [[Flanders]] in [[World War I]]. Palmer with the support of his friend [[Arthur Conan Doyle]] was involved in solving the [[Oscar Slater]] case.<ref>Sally Patrick Johnson. (1962). ''Everyman's Ark: A Collection of True First-person Accounts of Relationships Between Animals and Men''. Harper. p. 62</ref> Palmer married Claudine Pattie Sapey, they had two sons.


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Palmer was born in [[Ipswich]] and worked for forty years as an editor for the ''[[The Daily News (UK)|Daily News]]'' and the ''[[News Chronicle]]''. For twenty-three years Palmer was a member of the Parliamentary Press Gallery and its Chairman in 1951.<ref name="Johnson 1962">Johnson, Sally Patrick. (1962). ''Everyman's Ark: A Collection of True First-person Accounts of Relationships Between Animals and Men''. Harper. p. 60</ref> Throughout his career he also worked for the ''West Sussex Gazette'', the ''[[Daily Express]]'', the ''Morning Leader'' and the ''[[Daily Mail]]''.<ref>[[Richard Whittington-Egan|Whittington-Egan, Richard]]. (1991). ''William Roughead's Chronicles of Murder''. Lochar Pub. p. 380. {{ISBN|978-0948403552}}</ref>
Palmer was interested in [[Parapsychology|psychical research]] and [[spiritualism]], he was a friend of the psychical investigator [[Harry Price]].<ref>Alfred Douglas. (1982). ''Extra-Sensory Powers: A Century of Psychical Research''. Overlook Press. p. 201</ref>

Palmer was Parliamentary Correspondent for the ''News Chronicle'' and with the support of his friend [[Arthur Conan Doyle]] was involved in solving the [[Oscar Slater]] case by securing Slater's release twenty years after his conviction.<ref name="Johnson 1962"/><ref>Hunter, Peter. (1963). ''Oscar Slater: The Great Suspect''. Collier Books. p. 226</ref> He served in [[France]] and [[Flanders]] in the [[First World War]].<ref name="Johnson 1962"/> He married Claudine Pattie Sapey, they had two sons. His son Peter Clephan Palmer was awarded the [[C.B.E.]]<ref>[https://issuu.com/stedmundhall/docs/st_edmund_hall_magazine_1963-64 ''St Edmund Hall Magazine 1963-64'']. p. 41</ref>

Palmer was interested in [[animal welfare]]. His book ''The Solitary Blackbird'' published in 1954 described his and his wife's experiences in caring for a young [[Common blackbird|blackbird]].<ref name="Johnson 1962"/>

==Psychical research==

Palmer was interested in psychical research and [[Spiritualism (movement)|spiritualism]], he was a friend of the psychical investigator [[Harry Price]].<ref>Douglas, Alfred. (1982). ''Extra-Sensory Powers: A Century of Psychical Research''. Overlook Press. p. 201. {{ISBN|978-0879511609}}</ref> In his book ''The Riddle of Spiritualism'' published in 1927, Palmer came to the conclusion that most [[mediumship]] and phenomena observed in the [[séance]] is the result of fraud, however, he believed [[telepathy]] to explain some cases of mental mediumship. He wrote there is no scientific evidence for the [[Spiritualism (movement)|spirit hypothesis]] in mediumship but the question of survival should still be kept open.<ref>Palmer, E. Clephan. (1927). ''The Riddle of Spiritualism''. Kessinger publishing. pp. 129-146. {{ISBN|978-0766179318}}</ref>


==Publications==
==Publications==

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*''The Solitary Blackbird'' (1954)
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*''The Young Blackbird'' (1953)
*''The Riddle of Spiritualism'' (1927)
*''The Riddle of Spiritualism'' (1927)
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*''The Young Blackbird'' (1953)
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*''The Solitary Blackbird'' (1954)

==See also==
*[[C. E. Bechhofer Roberts]]


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
*[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=bQPTsxYDlQwC&printsec=frontcover&dq=The+Riddle+of+Spiritualism+by+E.+Clephan+Palmer&hl=en&sa=X&ei=uRODUZuvAcrAhAee7ICIAg&redir_esc=y The Riddle of Spiritualism]


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Latest revision as of 02:07, 26 March 2024

E. Clephan Palmer
Born1883
Ipswich
Died4 July 1954
Blyth, Suffolk
OccupationJournalist

Ernest Clephan Palmer (1883 – 4 July 1954) was a British author, journalist and psychical researcher.

Biography

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Palmer was born in Ipswich and worked for forty years as an editor for the Daily News and the News Chronicle. For twenty-three years Palmer was a member of the Parliamentary Press Gallery and its Chairman in 1951.[1] Throughout his career he also worked for the West Sussex Gazette, the Daily Express, the Morning Leader and the Daily Mail.[2]

Palmer was Parliamentary Correspondent for the News Chronicle and with the support of his friend Arthur Conan Doyle was involved in solving the Oscar Slater case by securing Slater's release twenty years after his conviction.[1][3] He served in France and Flanders in the First World War.[1] He married Claudine Pattie Sapey, they had two sons. His son Peter Clephan Palmer was awarded the C.B.E.[4]

Palmer was interested in animal welfare. His book The Solitary Blackbird published in 1954 described his and his wife's experiences in caring for a young blackbird.[1]

Psychical research

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Palmer was interested in psychical research and spiritualism, he was a friend of the psychical investigator Harry Price.[5] In his book The Riddle of Spiritualism published in 1927, Palmer came to the conclusion that most mediumship and phenomena observed in the séance is the result of fraud, however, he believed telepathy to explain some cases of mental mediumship. He wrote there is no scientific evidence for the spirit hypothesis in mediumship but the question of survival should still be kept open.[6]

Publications

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  • The Riddle of Spiritualism (1927)
  • The Young Blackbird (1953)
  • The Solitary Blackbird (1954)

See also

[edit]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Johnson, Sally Patrick. (1962). Everyman's Ark: A Collection of True First-person Accounts of Relationships Between Animals and Men. Harper. p. 60
  2. ^ Whittington-Egan, Richard. (1991). William Roughead's Chronicles of Murder. Lochar Pub. p. 380. ISBN 978-0948403552
  3. ^ Hunter, Peter. (1963). Oscar Slater: The Great Suspect. Collier Books. p. 226
  4. ^ St Edmund Hall Magazine 1963-64. p. 41
  5. ^ Douglas, Alfred. (1982). Extra-Sensory Powers: A Century of Psychical Research. Overlook Press. p. 201. ISBN 978-0879511609
  6. ^ Palmer, E. Clephan. (1927). The Riddle of Spiritualism. Kessinger publishing. pp. 129-146. ISBN 978-0766179318
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