Phineas Quimby
<p><b>Phineas Parkhurst Quimby</b> (February 16, 1802 – January 16, 1866), was an <a title="United States" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States">American</a> spiritual teacher. Quimby was a philosopher, magnetizer, <a title="Mesmerist" class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesmerist">mesmerist</a>, healer, and inventor, who resided in <a title="Belfast, Maine" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belfast,Maine">Belfast, Maine</a>, and had an office in <a title="Portland, Maine" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portland,Maine">Portland, Maine</a>. Quimby's work is widely recognized as leading to the <a title="New Thought" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Thought">New Thought</a> movement.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phineas_Quimby#cite_note-1"> </a></sup></p>