J. B. Rhine
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J. B. Rhine was an American psychologist and parapsychology pioneer best known for his experimental research on extrasensory perception (ESP) at Duke University.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| J. B. Rhine canonical | 2 |
| Joseph Banks Rhine | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8502795 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: J. B. Rhine Context triple: [ESP, documentedBy, J. B. Rhine]
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A.
Eugene W. Hilgard
Eugene W. Hilgard was a prominent 19th-century soil scientist and geologist known as a pioneer of modern soil science in the United States.
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B.
William Bradford Myers
William Bradford Myers, known professionally as Wil Myers, is an American Major League Baseball player primarily recognized for his power-hitting as an outfielder and first baseman.
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C.
Louis Persinger
Louis Persinger was an American violinist, pianist, and renowned pedagogue best known for teaching prodigies such as Yehudi Menuhin.
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D.
Charles F. Haanel
Charles F. Haanel was an early 20th-century American author and businessman best known for his influential New Thought self-help book "The Master Key System," which helped popularize ideas about the power of thought and the law of attraction.
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E.
Charles Jerald Hull
Charles Jerald Hull was a Chicago businessman and property owner whose former residence became the site of the famous Hull House social settlement.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: J. B. Rhine Target entity description: J. B. Rhine was an American psychologist and parapsychology pioneer best known for his experimental research on extrasensory perception (ESP) at Duke University.
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A.
Eugene W. Hilgard
Eugene W. Hilgard was a prominent 19th-century soil scientist and geologist known as a pioneer of modern soil science in the United States.
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B.
William Bradford Myers
William Bradford Myers, known professionally as Wil Myers, is an American Major League Baseball player primarily recognized for his power-hitting as an outfielder and first baseman.
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C.
Louis Persinger
Louis Persinger was an American violinist, pianist, and renowned pedagogue best known for teaching prodigies such as Yehudi Menuhin.
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D.
Charles F. Haanel
Charles F. Haanel was an early 20th-century American author and businessman best known for his influential New Thought self-help book "The Master Key System," which helped popularize ideas about the power of thought and the law of attraction.
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E.
Charles Jerald Hull
Charles Jerald Hull was a Chicago businessman and property owner whose former residence became the site of the famous Hull House social settlement.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
parapsychologist
ⓘ
person ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline | experimental psychology ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith | Louisa E. Rhine ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1895-09-29 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1980-02-20 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
College of Wooster
ⓘ
University of Chicago ⓘ |
| employer | Duke University ⓘ |
| familyName | Rhine ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
extrasensory perception research
ⓘ
parapsychology ⓘ psychology ⓘ |
| founded |
Foundation for Research on the Nature of Man
ⓘ
Journal of Parapsychology ⓘ Parapsychology Laboratory at Duke University ⓘ |
| fullName |
Joseph Banks Rhine
ⓘ
linked to:
J. B. Rhine
|
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Joseph ⓘ |
| hasOccupation |
author
ⓘ
researcher ⓘ university teacher ⓘ |
| hasReligion | Methodism ⓘ |
| influenced | development of scientific parapsychology ⓘ |
| knownFor |
experimental research on extrasensory perception
ⓘ
founding modern parapsychology as a field ⓘ use of statistical methods in ESP research ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| middleName | Banks ⓘ |
| notableIdea | ESP can be studied under controlled laboratory conditions ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Extra-Sensory Perception
ⓘ
linked to:
Spiritualism
New Frontiers of the Mind ⓘ The Reach of the Mind ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Waterloo, Pennsylvania, United States ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Hillsborough, North Carolina
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| positionHeld | director of the Parapsychology Laboratory at Duke University ⓘ |
| researchInterest |
extrasensory perception
ⓘ
psychokinesis ⓘ |
| spouse | Louisa E. Rhine ⓘ |
| usedMethod |
card-guessing experiments
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dice-throwing experiments ⓘ statistical analysis of experimental results ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Durham, North Carolina, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Durham, North Carolina
|
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Subject: J. B. Rhine Description of subject: J. B. Rhine was an American psychologist and parapsychology pioneer best known for his experimental research on extrasensory perception (ESP) at Duke University.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: J. B. Rhine