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J. B. Rhine

Nationality: USBorn: 1895Died: 1980scientist

Biography

Joseph Banks Rhine (1895–1980) is widely regarded as the founder of modern experimental parapsychology. At Duke University, he established the Parapsychology Laboratory in 1930, where he conducted over 90,000 experiments on telepathy, clairvoyance, and precognition using Zener cards. His landmark book "Extra-Sensory Perception" (1934) popularized the term ESP.