Q:What key details about hester dowden can be extracted from the following bio? Bio: hester dowden -lrb- 1868 -- 1949 -rrb- , 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 '' -lrb- 1919 -rrb- , an account of her life as a medium , and '' psychic messages from oscar wilde '' -lrb- 1923 -rrb- . dowden was the daughter of the irish literary scholar edward dowden . she used both her maiden name and her married name hester travers smith . her husband was a prominent dublin physician . dowden was closely linked to the irish literary world through her father , knowing , among others w.b. yeats and bram stoker . she was probably the model for the medium in yeats 's play , '' the words upon the window pane '' . her daughter married the playwright lennox robinson . though she wrote only two books under her own name , her spirit-communications provided the basis for approximately twelve books published by other authors .
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- known for is mediumship occultism- caption is hester dowden- death date is 1949- spouse is dr. travers smith- birth date is 1868- name is hester dowden- nationality is irish- image is hester dowden.jpg- birth place is dublin , ireland- occupation is spiritualist author