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Society for Psychical Research (UK)
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Society_for_Psychical_Research_(UK)
GPTKB entity
Statements (51)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:learned_society
gptkb:organization
gptkbp:abbreviation
gptkb:SPR
gptkbp:affiliation
International affiliation with similar societies
gptkbp:country
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:fieldOfWork
psychical research
parapsychology
gptkbp:focus
life after death
telepathy
clairvoyance
psychokinesis
mediumship
hauntings
near-death experiences
out-of-body experiences
apparitions
gptkbp:founded
1882
gptkbp:founder
gptkb:Henry_Sidgwick
gptkb:Arthur_Balfour
gptkb:William_F._Barrett
gptkb:Edmund_Gurney
gptkb:Frederic_W._H._Myers
gptkb:Richard_Hodgson
gptkbp:headquarters_location
gptkb:London
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Society for Psychical Research (UK)
gptkbp:languageOfWork
English
gptkbp:membership
open to the public
gptkbp:motto
Nullius in verba (Take nobody's word for it)
gptkbp:notable_member
gptkb:Arthur_Conan_Doyle
gptkb:William_James
gptkb:Oliver_Lodge
gptkb:Charles_Richet
gptkb:Eleanor_Sidgwick
gptkb:Eric_Dingwall
gptkb:Frank_Podmore
gptkb:G._N._M._Tyrrell
gptkb:J._B._Rhine
gptkb:Rupert_Sheldrake
gptkbp:notableFor
gptkb:Enfield_Poltergeist
gptkb:Cross-Correspondences
gptkb:Scole_Experiment
gptkb:Borley_Rectory
mediumship of Leonora Piper
gptkbp:officialWebsite
https://www.spr.ac.uk/
gptkbp:publishedIn
gptkb:Journal_of_the_Society_for_Psychical_Research
gptkb:Proceedings_of_the_Society_for_Psychical_Research
gptkbp:purpose
scientific investigation of psychic and paranormal phenomena
gptkbp:status
active
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:American_Society_for_Psychical_Research
gptkb:SPR
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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