Flaxman Low

Flaxman Low is a fictional character created by British authors Hesketh Prichard and his mother, Kate O'Brien Ryall Prichard, published under the pseudonyms "H. Heron" and "E. Heron." Low is credited with being the first psychic detective of fiction, and appears in a series of short stories.

Description
Flaxman Low is a pseudonym for "one of the leading scientists of the Victorian era," whose real name is not disclosed in the stories. He was an accomplished athlete in his youth and has turned his interests to a scientific study of the occult.

Stories
From 1898-1899 press baron Cyril Arthur Pearson published six Flaxman Low stories in his monthly Pearson's Magazine, though the authors were disconcerted to find the tales promoted by Pearson as "real." The collected work was published as Ghosts: Being the Experiences of Flaxman Low in 1899.

The Improbable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (2009) includes a short story by author Barbara Roden, "The Things That Shall Come Upon Them", which teams up Flaxman Low with Sherlock Holmes who together investigate a haunted house mystery.

The Night Raiders
In the Landmark Universe, Low is a British paranormal psychologist on sabbatical from Oxford University, investigating reports of supernatural phenomena in Chamberlain's Gallows Hill. He is ably assisted by his close friend and associate, Professor A. E. Herron, a portly academic cast in the mold of Dr. John Watson. Their tour of "the colonies" eventually brings them into contact with Sheriff John Faraway, at which point they are swept up in The Season of Darkness.