Alaric Alfred Watts (18 February 1825 – 1901), best known as A. A. Watts, was a British government clerk, spiritualist and writer.
He was educated at University College School and worked as a clerk at the Inland Revenue Office. [1] He was the son of Alaric Alexander Watts. In 1859 he married Anna Mary Howitt. [2] Watts was a convinced spiritualist. [3] In 1882 with his friend William Stainton Moses, he formed The Ghost Club. [4] [5] He was a member of the London Spiritualist Alliance. [6]
Watts was member of the Society for Psychical Research. He resigned after some of its members such as Eleanor Sidgwick dismissed the medium William Eglinton as fraudulent. [7]
Watts was also a poet, publishing, jointly with his wife, a volume entitled Aurora: a volume of verse. [8]
Alaric Alfred Watts (18 February 1825 – 1901), best known as A. A. Watts, was a British government clerk, spiritualist and writer.
He was educated at University College School and worked as a clerk at the Inland Revenue Office. [1] He was the son of Alaric Alexander Watts. In 1859 he married Anna Mary Howitt. [2] Watts was a convinced spiritualist. [3] In 1882 with his friend William Stainton Moses, he formed The Ghost Club. [4] [5] He was a member of the London Spiritualist Alliance. [6]
Watts was member of the Society for Psychical Research. He resigned after some of its members such as Eleanor Sidgwick dismissed the medium William Eglinton as fraudulent. [7]
Watts was also a poet, publishing, jointly with his wife, a volume entitled Aurora: a volume of verse. [8]