THE BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY OF PARAPSYCHOLOGY
ROBERT TOCQUET
Professor of chemistry; author. B. June 5, 1898, Saint-Oulph (Aube), France. M. 1927, Henriette Poulain. Chemistry professor, Ecole des Travaux Publics, Paris; professor, Ecole d'Anthropologie de Paris. Member, board of directors: Bureau du Syndicat Professionel de la Presse Scientifique, Institut Métapschique International; member, Société Astronomique de France. Professor Tocquet is author of a number of books on chemistry, natural science and other subjects, including Cycles et Rythmes (Cycles and Rhythms); Cultivez votre cerveau (Cultivate Your Mind); Pour vivre cinq fois vignt ans (How to Live to Be 100); Les Clefs de la Santé (Keys to Health); La Vie dans la Matière et dans le Cosmos (Life in Matter and in the Cosmos); La vie sur les planètes (Life on the Planets), and the five volume Encyclopédie pour las Jeunesse (Encylopedia for Young People).
In the field of parapsychology, where Professor Tocquet's chief interest is physical phenomena, his books include Tout l'Occultisme dévoilé (Secrets of the Occult Revealed; 1952); La Mèdecine se tait (When Medicine Is Silent; 1954; winner of French Institute Prize); Les Calculateurs prodiges et leurs secrets (The Magic of Numbers; 1957); Phè:noménes de mediumnité (Phenomena of Parapsychology); Les Pouvoirs secrets de l'Homme (The Secret Powers of Man; 1963). He is alos a contributor to such magazines as Revue Métapsychique,Psychica, Psychic Magazine and others dealing with the paranormal. Residence: 23 bis, Rue Arnoux, Bourg-la-Reine (Seine), France; business address: Ecole des Travaux Publics, 57 Boulevard Saint-Germaine, Paris 5.
Taken from Helene Pleasants (1964) Biographical Dictionary of Parapsychology with Directory and Glossary 1946-1996 NY: Garrett Publications |