Frederic William Henry Myers facts for kids
Frederic William Henry Myers (born in 1843, died in 1901) was a smart person who studied many things. He was a scholar of ancient Greek and Roman times, a poet, and a thinker. He also led a group called the Society for Psychical Research. This group studied things that seemed to be beyond normal science, like the mind and unexplained events.
Early Life and Education
Frederic William Henry Myers went to school at Cheltenham College. Later, he studied at Trinity College, Cambridge, which is a famous university. He earned his first degree there in 1865.
His Work and Research
Myers was very interested in how the human mind works, especially parts of it we are not aware of. He spent a lot of time researching these ideas.
In 1900, he became the president of the Society for Psychical Research. This group looked into things like dreams, hypnosis, and other mysterious mental experiences.
After Myers passed away in 1901, a very important book was put together from his notes and research. It was called Human Personality and Its Survival of Bodily Death. This huge book, over 1,300 pages long, shared all of Myers' ideas about the unconscious mind. He believed that there was more to our minds than just what we are aware of every day.
Myers' ideas were very important and influenced many other famous thinkers. These included William James, who was a well-known psychologist, and Carl Jung, another famous expert on the mind.
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In Spanish: Frederic W. H. Myers para niños
