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Biography
Oliver Gatty (5 November 1907 - 5 June 1940) was a British chemist and psychical researcher.
Career
Gatty was born in Kensington, Middlesex. He worked at Rothamsted Experimental Station and then under Eric Rideal, Professor of Colloid Science at University of Cambridge. He also worked with James Gray in the Department of Zoology at Cambridge.
He worked at the Chemical Warfare Experimental Establishment at Porton Down. He conducted experiments for the Ministry of Supply into gas mask smoke filters and smoke screening techniques.
Gatty was a member of the Society for Psychical Research. With Theodore Besterman, he investigated the medium Rudi Schneider in a series of experiments. The results were entirely negative.
He died in Cambridge on 5 June 1940 as a result of injuries sustained in a gas explosion accident.
Publications
- Gatty, Oliver; Besterman, Thedore. (1934). Report of an Investigation Into the Mediumship of Rudi Schneider. Proceedings of the Society for Psychical Research 42: 251-285.
- Gatty, Oliver; Besterman, Thedore. (1934). Investigation of Paraphysical Phenomena. Nature 133: 569-570.
- Gatty, Oliver; Besterman, Thedore. (1934). Further Tests of the Medium Rudi Schneider. Nature 134: 965-966.