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==Spiritualism==
Wedgwood became interested in [[Spiritualism (movement)|spiritualism]] and attended [[séance]]s. In 1874, he attempted to get [[Thomas Henry Huxley|T.H. Huxley]] involved in spiritualism by sending him an alleged [[Spirit photography|spirit photograph]]. Huxley was not impressed and suggested the photograph had been produced fraudulently by the use of a second image placed on the plate inside the camera. Hensleigh refused to believe this explanation and considered the photograph to be genuine.<ref>Browne, E. Janet. (2003). ''Charles Darwin: The Power of Place, Volume 2''. Princeton University Press. p. 404. {{ISBN|978-0691114392}}</ref>
Wedgwood was a member of the [[British National Association of Spiritualists]] and a vice-president of the [[Society for Psychical Research]].<ref>Oppenheim, Janet. (1988). ''The Other World: Spiritualism and Psychical Research in England, 1850-1914''. Cambridge University Press. p. 138. {{ISBN|978-0521347679}}</ref>
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