Addington Bruce
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|birth_date = June 27, 1874
|death_date = February 23, 1959
| occupation = Journalist, psychical researcher}}
Henry Addington Bayley Bruce (June 27, 1874 – February 23, 1959), best known as H. Addington Bruce was an American journalist and author of psychology books.
Career
Bruce was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and educated at Upper Canada College and Trinity College, Toronto. He was for a time on the Toronto Week, then came to the United States, was employed by the American Press Association between 1897 and 1903, and afterward contributed to many periodicals, notably The Outlook. In 1916 he resigned as staff contributor to The Outlook. In 1915 he became psychological adviser to the Associated Newspapers. Addington Bruce also wrote books. His most successful work was in American history and in popularizing modern psychology and psychical research.
Bruce has been described as a publicist for psychology. His books were known to discuss the subconscious and power of suggestion.Dennis, P. M. (1991). [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1891537 Contributions to the history of psychology: LXXIX. Psychology's first publicist: H. Addington Bruce and the popularization of the subconscious and power of suggestion before World War I]. Psychol Rep (3 Pt 1): 755-65. They were positively reviewed in the American Journal of Psychology and Journal of Abnormal Psychology.Dearborn, George V. N. (1912). Review of Scientific mental healing. Journal of Abnormal Psychology 7 (1): 71-73.Coriat, Isador H. (1915). Review of Sleep and sleeplessness. Journal of Abnormal Psychology 10 (5): 367-368.Ruckmich, Christian A. (1916). Reviewed Work: Sleep and Sleeplessness by H. Addington Bruce. American Journal of Psychology 27 (2): 288-289.Dearborn, George Van Ness. (1922). Review of Self-Development: A Handbook for the Ambitious. Journal of Abnormal Psychology and Social Psychology 17 (1): 110-111. His Nerve Control and How to Gain It (1918) was described as a "reliable book which can be put into the hands of the nervously ill but intelligent patient."Solomon, Meyer. (1920). Review of Nerve control and how to gain it. Journal of Abnormal Psychology 14 (6): 426-428.
Bruce who took interest in psychical research, was a believer in telepathy and Frederic W. H. Myers' concept of a subliminal self. He dedicated his book The Riddle Of Personality (1908) to William James. Philosopher William Pepperell Montague took issue with his statements about telepathy, noting that he did not address the known objections.Montague Montague, W. P. (1909). Reviewed Work: The Riddle of Personality by H. Addington Bruce. Journal of Philosophy, Psychology and Scientific Methods 6 (15): 415-416. His book Historic Ghosts and Ghost-Hunters (1909) is generally skeptical of poltergeist cases, concluding they are best explained by fraud and psychological factors such as hallucination or suggestion. He was a trustee of the American Society for Psychical Research and contributed articles to the Tomorrow magazine.[http://www.encyclopedia.com/science/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/bruce-henry-addington-bayley1874-1959 "Bruce, H(enry) Addington (Bayley)(1874-1959)"]. Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology.
Publications
- [https://archive.org/details/riddleofpersonal1908bruc The Riddle of Personality] (1908)
- [https://archive.org/details/historicghostsgh00bruciala Historic Ghosts and Ghost-Hunters] (1909)
- [https://archive.org/details/amromance00brucrich The Romance of American Expansion] (1909)
- [https://archive.org/details/danielboonewildern00bruc Daniel Boone and the Wilderness Land] (1910)
- A translation of Leroy-Beaulieu's The United States in the Twentieth Century (1906; new edition, 1911)
- [https://archive.org/details/scientificmental00bruc Scientific Mental Healing] (1911)
- [https://archive.org/details/womenmakingam00brucrich Woman in the Making of America] (1912)
- [https://archive.org/details/abovecloudsoldne01bruc Above the Clouds and Old New York] (1913)
- [https://archive.org/details/adventuringsinps00bruc Adventurings in the Psychical] (1914)
- [https://archive.org/details/sleepsleeplessne00bruciala Sleep and Sleeplessness] (1915)
- [https://archive.org/details/psychologyparent00bruciala Psychology and Parenthood] (1915)
- [https://archive.org/details/riddleofpersonal01bruc The Riddle of Personality] (new and revised edition, 1916)
- [https://archive.org/details/cu31924014063345 Handicaps of Childhood] (1917)
- [https://archive.org/details/nervecontrolhowt00bruc Nerve Control and How to Gain It] (1919)
- Self-Development (1921)
References
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External links
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- {{Internet Archive author |sname=Addington Bruce}}
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Category:American psychology writers
Category:American science journalists
Category:American science writers
Category:Canadian emigrants to the United States
Category:Journalists from Ontario
Category:American parapsychologists
Category:People from Old Toronto
Category:Trinity College (Canada) alumni