. "Hester Dowden (1868\u20131949), or Hester Travers Smith, was an Irish spiritualist medium who is most notable for having claimed to contact the spirits of Oscar Wilde, William Shakespeare and other writers. Dowden's spirit-communications were published by various authors. She wrote Voices from the Void (1919), an account of her life as a medium, and Psychic Messages from Oscar Wilde (1923).Dowden was the daughter of the Irish literary scholar Edward Dowden."@en . . "Travers Smith, Hester"@en . "Dowden, Hester"@en . "1868Z"^^ . . . . "Irish medium" . . "1949Z"^^ . . "Hester Dowden"@en . . .