D. F. Fraser-Harris | |
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 Fraser-Harris in 1916 | |
| Born | 24 February 1867 Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Died | 3 January 1937(1937-01-03) (aged 69) |
| Occupations | Physiologist,parapsychologist |
David Fraser Fraser-Harris (24 February 1867 – 3 January 1937), best known asD. F. Fraser-Harris, was aScottish Professor ofphysiology and a writer.
Fraser-Harris was born inEdinburgh. He studied medicine and physiology at theUniversity of Glasgow, where he obtained hisMBCM (1893) andM.D. (1897).[1] He was the senior assistant of physiology at Glasgow (1893–1898) and was professor of physiology at theUniversity of St. Andrews (1898–1908). He lectured atUniversity of Birmingham where he obtained hisD.Sc.[2]
Fraser-Harris joined thePhysiological Society in 1902 and was a founding member of theBiochemical Society.[3] He spent a long period of time inCanada. He was professor of physiology atDalhousie University (1911–1924). He retired in London, where he wrote books on many subjects.[2]
Fraser-Harris was interested inparapsychology. He was associated with theNational Laboratory of Psychical Research and attended séances with spiritualist mediums such asHelen Duncan andRudi Schneider.[4]
He was the Research Officer of theInternational Institute for Psychical Research for a few months but resigned in June, 1934.[5]
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