Karl Gruber

Professor of biology and zoology at Munich Polytechnic, Germany, and a noted psychical researcher. Gruber was born in Freiburg on October 30, 1881. His background in biology led to an interest in the claims of paranormal abilities in animals. In 1923 he studied the Elberfeld horses, and later investigated Rolf, the "talking" dog of Mannheim. He also studied supernormal phenomena in conjunction with Rudolf Tischner and Baron Schrenck-Notzing. He did valuable work in the elucidation of the problem of clairvoyance and psychometry. His conclusions were detailed in his Parapsychologische Erkenntnisse (1925) and in a posthumously published volume, Okkultismus und Biologie.

Sources:

Gruber, Karl. Okkultismus und Biologie. Munich, 1930.

——. Parapsychologische Erkenntnisse. Munich, 1925.

Karl Gruber (May 3, 1909 in Innsbruck – February 1, 1995 in Innsbruck) was an Austrian politician and diplomat. During World War II, he was a resistance fighter. After the war, in 1945 he became Landeshauptmann of Tyrol for a short time. He then became Foreign Minister of Austria until 1953.

Karl Gruber served as Austrian ambassador to the United States from 1954 to 1957 and from 1969 to 1972, as ambassador to Spain from 1961 to 1966, as ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany in 1966, and as ambassador to Switzerland from 1972 to 1974.^[1]

See also

• Gruber-De Gasperi Agreement

Notes and references

1. ^ "Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Karl Gruber" (in German). Austrian Parliament. http://www.parlament.gv.at/WW/DE/PAD_00530/pad_00530.shtml. Retrieved 2009-01-08. 

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