Autobiography of emma hardinge britten

British spiritualist, editor

Emma Hardinge Britten (2 May &#; 2 October ) was an English advocate for the early Modern Spiritualist Movement.

Much of her life and work was recorded and published in her speeches and writing and an incomplete autobiography edited by her sister. She is remembered as a writer, orator, trance clairvoyant, and spirit medium. Her books, Modern American Spiritualism () and Nineteenth Century Miracles (), are detailed accounts of spiritualism in America.

Autobiography of emma hardinge britten biography

Early years

Emma Floyd was born in London, England in Her father Ebenezer, who was a schoolteacher, died in when Emma was eleven years old. She grew up supporting herself and her family as a musician, trained as an opera singer and began a stage career.^[1]

Career

She developed a reputation for apparent abilities as a spiritual medium during her early years.

As a child, Emma had a habit of predicting the futures of people she encountered, relating to them