Charles Fort (Charles Hoy Fort, born August 6, 1874 in Albany, New York; † May 3, 1932 in New York City) was an American author and a pioneer of research into unexplained phenomena. Fort wrote ten novels, of which only one was published. The Outcast Manufacturers (1906) was praised by critics, he was ahead of its time, but sold poorly.
Only with his The Book of the Damned (1919) (Eng: The Book of the Damned) turned increasingly successful. In this work, he treated peculiar phenomena, which he described as the science of "Damn". It was followed by New Lands (1923), Lo! (1931) and Wild Talents (1932) (dt Wild Talents), which dealt with all the paranormal, but included different topics. Most of the reports listed above were published in scientific journals and in the city of Fort Library of New York City and in the British Museum traced. For every event or phenomenon that source was specified.
Forts Books from 1919 exerted a lasting effect, which went so far that in the field of science, the term Forteana parameters established for unexplained phenomena. Among his admirers e.g. Ben Hecht, John Cowper Powys, Sherwood Anderson, Clarence Darrow and Booth Tarkington. He was also mentioned by HP Lovecraft in a short story. In 1931 was founded on the initiative of the writer Tiffany Thayer, the Fortean Society under the chairmanship of forts friend Theodore Dreiser. Charles Fort, however, refused to accede to this, because he refused to be regarded as an authority, and feared that such a society would attract spiritualists and other mystics, with whom he wanted to do nothing.
Today his work by various groups and institutions will continue, as published since 1973 by the Fortean Times. Charles Fort speculated in 1919 about alien "visitors," their "property" is the earth, and can thus be considered a precursor of pre-astronautics and ufology. Note, however, that Fort said explicitly not to believe in his theories, which he established ad hoc to explain the phenomena he collected.
Only with his The Book of the Damned (1919) (Eng: The Book of the Damned) turned increasingly successful. In this work, he treated peculiar phenomena, which he described as the science of "Damn". It was followed by New Lands (1923), Lo! (1931) and Wild Talents (1932) (dt Wild Talents), which dealt with all the paranormal, but included different topics. Most of the reports listed above were published in scientific journals and in the city of Fort Library of New York City and in the British Museum traced. For every event or phenomenon that source was specified.
Forts Books from 1919 exerted a lasting effect, which went so far that in the field of science, the term Forteana parameters established for unexplained phenomena. Among his admirers e.g. Ben Hecht, John Cowper Powys, Sherwood Anderson, Clarence Darrow and Booth Tarkington. He was also mentioned by HP Lovecraft in a short story. In 1931 was founded on the initiative of the writer Tiffany Thayer, the Fortean Society under the chairmanship of forts friend Theodore Dreiser. Charles Fort, however, refused to accede to this, because he refused to be regarded as an authority, and feared that such a society would attract spiritualists and other mystics, with whom he wanted to do nothing.
Today his work by various groups and institutions will continue, as published since 1973 by the Fortean Times. Charles Fort speculated in 1919 about alien "visitors," their "property" is the earth, and can thus be considered a precursor of pre-astronautics and ufology. Note, however, that Fort said explicitly not to believe in his theories, which he established ad hoc to explain the phenomena he collected.
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