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Anthony Howells

Anthony Howells (April 6, 1832 – November 17, 1915) was a businessman and Democratic politician from the U.S. state of Ohio who was Ohio State Treasurer 1878–1880 and a state senator.
Biography
Anthony Howells was born in 1832 at Dowlais, Glamorganshire, Wales. His father was superintendent of mines in that area. He attended the limited free schools of his town, and, at age 12, a private school in Llandybie, Carmarthenshire for one year. He then began working in the mines. At age 14 he was responsible for his own affairs, and decided the United States offered better prospects. He worked underground until age 18 in 1850, when he sailed to America, and moved immediately to Youngstown, Ohio.
In Youngstown, Howells resumed coal mining in the mines of David Tod, later Governor of Ohio. In the spring of 1853 he moved to California to mine, but returned to Youngstown the following spring, and worked in the mines until fall of 1855. Howells tired of mining, and opened a grocery and provision house, which continued until 1869, with the exception of the year 1865, when he engaged in coal mining in Du Quoin, Illinois. In 1869, Howells was offered an investment and management position of two mines in Massillon, Ohio. The Howells Coal Company ended up employing six hundred men.
Howell's first attempts at politics were Democratic nominations for treasurer of Mahoning County in 1866, and state senator in the ninth district in 1868. He lost both times in largely Republican districts. In 1875, he was a candidate for Ohio State Treasurer at the state convention but failed to receive the nomination. In 1877, he was nominated, and elected to a two-year term as state treasurer. He failed at re-election in 1879.
As reward for his party activity, Howells was appointed Postmaster of Massillon in 1886, but resigned after two years. In 1888 he was nominated a Presidential elector at the state convention, but the state went Republican. In 1889, he was elected to the Ohio State Senate for the twenty first district, Stark and Carroll counties, for the 1890–91 term. He lost his bid for re-election to his Republican opponent in 1891.
In 1893, Howells was appointed United States consul to Cardiff, Wales by President Cleveland, where he represented the government for four years. In 1901 he was nominated for Ohio Lieutenant Governor but lost the general election. He then retired from politics.
In 1901, Howells sold his mining company, and in 1902, began construction of the Hotel Courtland in Canton, Ohio, which was completed in 1905. He lived there for three years before moving to Cleveland, Ohio. He died at Cleveland Heights, Ohio, November 17, 1915, and was interred at the city cemetery in Massillon.
Howells was initiated to the I.O.O.F. in 1887 and Knights of Pythias in 1888. He also belonged to the Welsh Irorites. He was married to Elizabeth James in 1854 and had three sons and a daughter. Elizabeth died in 1890.
References
External links
State treasurers of Ohio
People from Massillon, Ohio
Welsh emigrants to the United States
1832 births
1915 deaths
American coal miners
Democratic Party Ohio state senators
Welsh miners
19th-century American politicians
Cristian Martín

Cristian Martín Villero (born 21 January 1998) is a Uruguayan footballer who plays as a forward for River Plate in the Uruguayan Primera División.
Career
River Plate
A graduate of the club's youth academy, Martín made his professional debut for the club on 4 June 2017, coming on as a halftime substitute for Mathías Saavedra in a 2–0 defeat to Sud América.
Career statistics
Club
References
External links
Cristian Martín at playmakerstats.com (English version of ogol.com.br)
1998 births
Living people
Club Atlético River Plate (Montevideo) players
Tacuarembó F.C. players
Uruguayan Primera División players
Uruguayan Segunda División players
Uruguayan men's footballers
Men's association football forwards
People from San José de Mayo
لارك أن سييل

لارك أن سييل
لاَرْكْ~أُنْ~سْيِيلْ (بالإنكليزية: L'Arc~en~Ciel، باليابانية: ラルクアン シエル، ترجمة:قوس قزح بالفرنسية) فرقة روك يابانية شهيرة تشكلت في 1991 بأوساكا.
الأعمال الموسيقية
ألبومات إستوديو
Dune
Tierra
Heavenly
True
Heart
Ark
Ray
Real
Smile
Awake
Kiss
Butterfly
مراجع
وصلات خارجية
موقع لارك~أن~سييل الرسمي
تأسيسات سنة 1991 في اليابان
فرق بوب روك يابانية
فرق روك بديل يابانية
فرق موسيقية أسست في 1991
فرق موسيقية رباعية
فرق موسيقية من أوساكا
فرق موسيقى أنمي
موسيقى يابانية
ديفيد غاسكون

ديفيد غاسكون هو لاعب كرة قدم إسباني، ولد في 11 أبريل 1978 في مدريد في إسبانيا. لعب مع نادي ألكوركون ونادي بطليوس ونادي خيتافي ونادي فييانوفينسي.
مراجع
وصلات خارجية
لاعبو كرة قدم رجالية إسبان
مهاجمو كرة قدم رجالية
رياضيون من مدريد
لاعبو الدوري الإسباني الدرجة الثالثة
لاعبو الدوري الإسباني الدرجة الثانية ب
لاعبو الدوري الإسباني الدرجة الثانية
لاعبو كرة قدم إسبان
لاعبو كرة قدم من مدريد
لاعبو نادي ألكوركون
لاعبو نادي بطليوس
لاعبو نادي خيتافي
لاعبو نادي فييانوفينسي
لاعبو نادي مريدا
مواليد 1978
لاعبو كرة قدم من منطقة مدريد
Robert Hay (Egyptologist)

Robert Hay (Egyptologist)
Robert Hay (6 January 1799 – 4 November 1863) was a Scottish traveller, antiquarian, and early Egyptologist. He was born in Duns Castle, Berwickshire. During his service in the Royal Navy he visited Alexandria, Egypt, in 1818.
In 1824 he met Joseph Bonomi in Rome, whom he hired as an artist and who accompanied Hay to Egypt. They stayed in Egypt from November 1824 until 1828, and 1829 to 1834, recording monuments and inscriptions, and making a large number of architectural plans. His manuscripts are now primarily in the British Library, and many of his plaster casts in the British Museum.
In May 1828 Hay visited Malta, where he married Kalitza Psaraki, the daughter of the chief magistrate of Apodhulo, Crete; Hay had earlier rescued her from the slave market in Alexandria. After his death in East Lothian, Scotland, in 1863, Hay's collection of Egyptian antiquities was sold to the British Museum, though some objects were purchased by the Boston Museum of Fine Arts in 1872.
References
External links
The lost portfolios of Robert Hay
1799 births
1863 deaths
Scottish antiquarians
Scottish Egyptologists
Scottish travel writers
Scottish sailors
People from Duns, Scottish Borders
تونس في الألعاب الأولمبية الصيفية 1976

تونس في الألعاب الأولمبية الصيفية 1976
لم تشارك تونس في الألعاب الأولمبية الصيفية 1976 التي أقيمت في مونتريال بكندا وذلك للاحتجاج ضد مشاركة نيوزيلندا في فريق أول بلاكس القادم بعد قيامه بدورة في جنوب أفريقيا أين كان نظام الميز العنصري أبارتايد هو الحاكم حينها.
شاركت تونس ومصر والمغرب في الألعاب الأولمبية من 18 إلى 20 جويلية قبل أن تنسحب بعد ذلك.
مقالات ذات صلة
تونس في الألعاب الأولمبية
مراجع
وصلات خارجية
الموقع الرسمي للجنة الوطنية الأولمبية التونسية.
تونس في الموقع الرسمي للجنة الأولمبية الدولية.
بلدان في الألعاب الأولمبية الصيفية 1976
تونس الألعاب الأولمبية الصيفية حسب السنة
تونس في الألعاب الأولمبية
رياضة تونسية في 1976
1983 Norwegian First Division

1983 Norwegian First Division
The 1983 1. divisjon was the 39th completed season of top division football in Norway.
Overview
22 games were played with 2 points given for wins and 1 for draws. Number eleven and twelve were relegated. The winners of the two groups of the 2. divisjon were promoted, as well as the winner of a series of play-off matches between number ten in the 1. divisjon and the two second-placed teams in the two groups of the 2. divisjon.
Vålerengen won the championship, their third title.
Teams and locations
Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
League table
Results
Relegation play-offs
The qualification play-off matches were contested between Brann (10th in the 1. divisjon), Pors (2nd in the 2. divisjon - Group A), and Strindheim (2nd in the 2. divisjon - Group B). Strindheim won and were promoted to the 1. divisjon.
Results
Strindheim 0–0 Brann
Pors 1–2 Strindheim
Brann 1–1 Pors
Season statistics
Top scorers
Attendances
References
Norway - List of final tables (RSSSF)
Eliteserien seasons
Norway
Norway
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Laura Wright (singer)

Laura Wright (singer)
Laura Kathryn Wright (born 17 June 1990) is an English soprano. She is a classical-popular crossover singer who performs classical and operatic music, popular songs, musical theatre, and folk songs.
Early life
Wright was born in Suffolk, and grew up in Framlingham. She won a scholarship to attend the fee-paying Framlingham College.
Wright has three brothers.
Career
Wright's first notable achievement, at 14, was as chorister of the year.. She then went on to be a member of the group All Angels.
She has previously performed at men's and women's rugby matches at Twickenham. Wright has been a regular at the NFL matches and has performed at Rugby League, The Carnegie Challenge Cup Final, WSB Boxing, polo, the Carling Cup Final, The Championship Play-off Final and the FA Cup Final. In April 2016, she performed at The Grand National and, in July, she was the official anthem singer at the British Grand Prix.. In recent years however she has been less visible in this role.
In 2016, she wrote "Heroes"; the first official anthem of the England Women's Cricket team. She is also the first Ambassador for the Kia Women's Cricket League.
Wright performed at the opening ceremony for Prince Harry's inaugural Invictus Games where she debuted a new piece she wrote "Invincible", taken from her album Sound of Strength.
Wright was the first mezzo-soprano to perform at the Olympic Stadium, has duetted with Donny Osmond for Children in Need.
She was involved in the Diamond Jubilee celebrations, via her song "Stronger As One". It secured a No. 1 chart position on Gary Barlow's Sing album.
Wright has trained to county level in hockey, netball, tennis and javelin.
On 10th September 2022, after the passing of Queen Elizabeth II, Laura sang a note-perfect rendition of "God Save The King" at the start of the third Test Match between England and South Africa at The Oval. This was the first time that version of the National Anthem had been officially sung at a sporting event in 70 years.
Nominated for a Classical Brit Award, Wright went on to receive the PPL Classical Award at the Nordoff Robbins 02 Silver Clef Awards. Alongside her role as ambassador at Nordoff Robbins, Laura is an ambassador of Arthritis Research UK, having battled her own debilitating condition at a very young age. She is also an ambassador for SportsAid and for the Invictus Games.
Discography
Solo (albums)
2011: The Last Rose (UK Albums Chart No. 24; Classical Charts No. 1)
2012: Glorious (UK Albums Chart No. 52)
2014: The Sound of Strength
With All Angels (albums)
2006: All Angels
2007: Into Paradise
2009: Fly Away
Featured Artist
2012: "Stronger As One" (Sing)
2014: "Don't Give Up" (The Soundtrack of My Life)
References
1990 births
Living people
English sopranos
People from Mid Suffolk District
Alumni of the Royal College of Music
People educated at Framlingham College
Decca Records artists
People from Framlingham
21st-century English women singers
21st-century English singers
All Angels members
جامعة جوبا

جامعة جوبا هي جامعة سودانية عريقة تقع في مدينة جوبا في جمهورية جنوب السودان. كانت الجامعة في السابق تهتم بتطوير التعليم في الجنوب عندما كان السودان مُوحد. لكن بعد الانفصال تقرر نقل جميع كلياتها إلى جنوب السودان.
التاريخ
بدأ منذ ثلاثينيات القرن العشرين برنامج تدريبي في جوبا وجنوب السودان بأكمله لتعليم الطلاب وتدريبهم وتنمية مهاراتهم. ثم في أواسط الأربعينيات طُور البرنامج التدريبي وأطلق على موقع جامعة جوبا الحالي "مركز جوبا التدريبي". وظل كذلك حتى جاءت في شهر مارس (آذار) عام 1965م أول فكرة لتحويل المركز إلى جامعة في جنوب السودان كاستجابة لطلبات من المُنتسبين الجنوبيين. وفي الفترة التي تبعت ذلك أخذت كليات الجامعة بالازدياد والتقدم،حيث كانت كلية الموارد الطبيعية والدراسات البيئية هي نواة الجامعة ومن ثم نشأت عدة كليات جديدة مثل "كلية الهندسة و"كلية الدراسات الاجتماعية والاقتصادية".
في شهر أغسطس عام 2003 حدثت أعمال شغب في الجامعة من طرف الجبهة الوطنية الأفريقية تسببت بوُقوع عدة إصابات في صفوف طلاب الكليات، لكن الشرطة السودانية تدخلت وضبطت الوضع واعتقلت 62 طالباً في الجامعة اشتبه بأن لهم علاقة بأعمال الشغب التي نشبت.
مع الاعتراف الرسمي بانفصال جنوب السودان عن شمالها في أوسط عام 2010 واجه طلاب الجامعة جنباً إلى جنب مع جامعات رئيسية مُجاورة في السودان مثل جامعتي بحر الغزال وأعالي النيل العديد من المَشاكل فيما يَتعلق بأماكن الإقامة وامتيازات الانتساب. فقد أعلن وزير التعليم العالي في جنوب السودان خلال عام 2010 أن كافة كليات جامعة جوبا ستنقل إلى الجنوب كجزء من الانفصال، بينما تعطي الحكومة الجنوبية الاهتمام والأولوية للطلاب الجنوبيين فقط مما سيُشكل أزمة للطلاب الشماليين الذين لن يَستطيعوا مُتابعة دراستهم، وقد احتج طلاب الشمال في جامعة جوبا واستنجدوا برئيس الشمال عمر البشير لكي يَحل أزمتهم. كما أن جميع الأساتذة والمُعلمين الشماليين يَرفضون النزوح إلى الجنوب نظراً لتدني التجهيزات العامة والأوضاع المعيشية هناك، مما يَعني مُشكلة إضافية للجامعة. فتم حل المشكلة عبر إنشاء جامعة بحري عام 2011 وتحويل طلاب جامعة جوبا والجامعات الجنوبية الأخرى من الشماليين إليها.
المراجع
وصلات خارجية
- يوتيوب قناة الجزيرة - 5 مايو 2012
جامعة جوبا
تأسيسات سنة 1977 في السودان
تأسيسات عقد 1970 في السودان
جوبا
جوبا
هيئات تعليمية أسست في 1975
هيئات تعليمية أسست في 1977
David Emmanuel (mathematician)

David Emmanuel (mathematician)
David Emmanuel (31 January 1854 – 4 February 1941) was a Romanian Jewish mathematician and member of the Romanian Academy, considered to be the founder of the modern mathematics school in Romania.
Born in Bucharest, Emmanuel studied at Gheorghe Lazăr and Gheorghe Șincai high schools. In 1873 he went to Paris, where he received his Ph.D. in mathematics from the University of Paris (Sorbonne) in 1879 with a thesis on Study of abelian integrals of the third species, becoming the second Romanian to have a Ph.D. in mathematics from the Sorbonne (the first one was Spiru Haret). The thesis defense committee consisted of Victor Puiseux (advisor), Charles Briot, and Jean-Claude Bouquet.
In 1882, Emmanuel became a professor of superior algebra and function theory at the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Bucharest. Here, in 1888, he held the first courses on group theory and on Galois theory, and introduced set theory in Romanian education. Among his students were Anton Davidoglu, Alexandru Froda, Traian Lalescu, Grigore Moisil Miron Nicolescu, Octav Onicescu, Dimitrie Pompeiu, Simion Stoilow, and Gheorghe Țițeica. Emmanuel had an important role in the introduction of modern mathematics and of the rigorous approach to mathematics in Romania.
Emmanuel was the president of the first Congress of Romanian Mathematicians, held in 1929 in Cluj. He died in Bucharest in 1941.
A street in the Dorobanți neighborhood of Bucharest is named after him.
Publications
References
1854 births
1941 deaths
Scientists from Bucharest
Romanian Sephardi Jews
Gheorghe Lazăr National College (Bucharest) alumni
University of Paris alumni
Romanian mathematicians
Academic staff of the University of Bucharest
Honorary members of the Romanian Academy
Mathematical analysts
Romanian expatriates in France
People from the United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia
Wilhelm von Leslie

Wilhelm von Leslie (originally William Leslie) (1657–1727) was a Scottish Roman Catholic priest, who became Bishop of Laibach in 1718.
Life
He was the second son of William Leslie, fifth laird of Warthill, Aberdeenshire, and his wife Anne, daughter of James Elphinstone of Glack, and great-niece of William Elphinstone, bishop of Aberdeen. He went at the age of 11 with his elder brother to King's College, Aberdeen.
On leaving the university Leslie was for a time parish schoolmaster of Chapel of Garioch, near his father's property. In 1684 he moved to Padua to study. There he became a Roman Catholic convert and after studying for the priesthood at the Pontifical Scots College in Rome took holy orders. Cardinal Gregorio Barbarigo appointed him professor of theology at Padua. On 22 Dec 1697, he was consecrated bishop by Giulio Piazza, Bishop of Faenza, with László Ádám Erdődy, Bishop of Nitra, and Sigismund Kollonitsch, Bishop of Vác, serving as co-consecrators. He held a succession of church posts in Austria and Hungary, and also became a diplomat.
Leslie had relatives in Austria, the Counts Leslie, and through their influence he became in 1716 Bishop of Waitzen in Hungary. In favour with Emperor Joseph I, and a privy councillor, he was in 1718 translated to the see of Laibach, an appointment which carried with it the dignities of metropolitan of Carniola and prince of the Holy Roman Empire.
In 1725 Leslie sent home to Scotland, to his brother, his portrait and his diploma from the university of Padua, with some correspondence. He died in 1727.
Notes
External links
Attribution
1657 births
1727 deaths
Scottish Roman Catholic priests
Roman Catholic bishops of Ljubljana
People from Garioch
Bishops of Vác
ماركوس برول (كاتب)

ماركوس برول (كاتب)
ماركوس برول Marcus Brühl (ولد في 1975 في زيجن) شاعر وكاتب ألماني.
أحب الشعر واندفع لكتابته حين قرأ كتاب جوته «الشعر والحقيقة». درس علم الأدب والإنجليزية وعلم الاجتماع والمسرح في الجامعة الحرة ببرلين وكذلك في جامعة هومبولت في برلين.
ويعتبر أنجح أعماله وأكثرها شهرة روايته Henningstadt «مدينة هيننج». أما قصصه وقصائده فكانت تنشر في المجلات والمختارات الأدبية، كما كانت تقدم في الإذاعة.
بجوار إلقائه لقصائده فقد أضاف أسلوب جديدا وذلك من خلال تقديم عروض يستخدم فيها الموسيقى مصاحبة لإلقائه القصيدة.
حصل على جوائز أدبية منها: جائزة ملتقى المؤلفين الشباب لعامي 1993 و 1995.
من أعماله:
مدينة هيننج 2001
لارس (مجموعة قصص) 2002
اللعبة (ديوان شعر) 2006
مراجع
كتاب وكاتبات ألمان
مواليد 1975
مواليد في زيغن
وفيات 2015
وحشيات أخرى

وحشيات أخرى هي أصنوفة من الحيوانات ثديية الشكل المنقرضة تتبع وحشيات الشكل.
التصنيف
الحراميات
الحراماويات
نظيرات الحرامية
الحرامية
انظر أيضاً
ال
مراجع
وحشيات أخرى
وحشيات أخرى
انقراضات الميوسين
تصنيف الثدييات
ثدييات ما قبل التاريخ
وحشيات أخرى
كائنات ظهرت خلال الثلاثي المتأخر
الدوري السويدي الممتاز 1931–32

الدوري السويدي الممتاز 1931–32 هو الموسم 8 من الدوري السويدي الممتاز. أشرف على تنظيمه اتحاد السويد لكرة القدم، وكان عدد الأندية المشاركة فيه 12، وفاز فيه أيك سولنا.
نتائج الموسم
مراجع
1931–32 في دوريات كرة قدم سويدية
الدوري السويدي لكرة القدم الدرجة الأولى
دوريات كرة قدم أوروبية في 1931–32
مواسم الدوري السويدي الممتاز
Oukaïmeden

Oukaïmeden (Berber language: Ukayemdan) is a ski resort in the Atlas mountains near the Toubkal mountain, about from Marrakesh, Morocco.
The skiing area is at an altitude of between and and has six ski lifts. There are some hotels and ski rental facilities nearby.
Oukaimeden has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate (Csb) with short but warm summers and long, chilly winters with a great amount of snowfall.
Oukaïmeden bouldering destination
Oukaïmeden is an international bouldering destination with thousands of boulders. There are roughly 1000 boulders documented. Oukaïmeden is known as a boulder destination since the 1970’s but its only after 2013 that it attracted international climbers. In the early years of bouldering in Oukaïmeden a handful of mainly local cimbers from the Club Alpine Francais (CAF) visited the area. It is also the CAF that is responsible for the establishment of some first boulder circuits in the area. The circuits are similar to the circuits that are used in the well known en established bouldering area of Fontainebleau in France. Most of these circuits have vanished. On some rocks you can discover a little paint and in some cases the actual number that is painted on is visible.
In 2013 the imik’simik association started to document the boulders in the area. Imik’simik published a online guidebook (link here) with approximately 1000 boulders. Since the vast potential of the area more first ascents are to be expected. The imik’simik association has put Oukaïmeden on the map by organizing bouldering trips to Oukaïmeden.
The United States Geological Survey (USGS) listed Oukaïmeden (as Oukaïmedene) on its Featured Story webpage as being 54 km WSW of the M 6.8 2023 Marrakesh-Safi earthquake.
See also
Oukaïmeden Observatory
References
External links
Overview of Oukaïmeden at PlentyofSnow.com
Official Website
Tourist attractions in Morocco
Ski areas and resorts in Morocco
Atlas Mountains
Geography of Marrakesh-Safi
Buildings and structures in Marrakesh-Safi
Dündar Ali Osman

Dündar Ali Osman (30 December 1930 – 18 January 2021), also known as Dündar Ali Osman Osmanoğlu, with a surname as required by the Republic of Turkey, or known by the Ottoman imperial name as Şehzade (Prince) Dündar Ali Osman Osmanoğlu Efendi, was the 45th Head of the House of Osman, which ruled the Ottoman Empire from 1299 until the abolition of the Sultanate in 1922.
Early and personal life
Şehzade Dündar Ali Osman Osmanoğlu was born on 30 December 1930 in Damascus in present-day Syria. He was a great-grandson of Ottoman Sultan Abdul Hamid II. His grandfather was Şehzade Mehmed Selim and his father was Şehzade Mehmed Abdülkerim. He had a full-brother, Harun, born in 1932. Osmanoğlu was married to Yüsra Hanım and was childless. She died on 25 July 2017 in Damascus.
Later life and death
In 1974, the Ottoman family was allowed to return to Turkey. However, Osmanoğlu refused to migrate and stayed in Damascus in Syria, even though most of the family members returned to Istanbul.
The Syrian Civil War broke in 2011 and media reports emerged in 2013 that Osmanoğlu was stranded in Syria. In August 2017, he was evacuated on the order of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the president of Turkey. Osmanoğlu was initially evacuated to Beirut in Lebanon. Later, he moved to Istanbul.
Dündar Ali Osman died on 18 January 2021 in Damascus at the age of 90 and was succeeded by his brother Harun Osman as the head of the house.
Ancestry
See also
Line of succession to the former Ottoman throne
References
1930 births
2021 deaths
People from Damascus
Heads of the Osmanoğlu family
أهل أبرزو (بزو)

أهل أبرزو (بزو)
أهل أبرزو هي إحدى مشيخات المملكة المغربية، تتبع جغرافيا لإقليم أزيلال وإداريًا لبزو. يقدر عدد سكانها بـ 2428 نسمة حسب الإحصاء الرسمي للسكان والسكنى لسنة 2004.
مراجع
انظر أيضا
قائمة مدن المغرب
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The Psychology of the Occult

The Psychology of the Occult is a 1952 skeptical book on the paranormal by psychologist D. H. Rawcliffe. It was later published as Illusions and Delusions of the Supernatural and the Occult (1959) and Occult and Supernatural Phenomena (1988) by Dover Publications. Biologist Julian Huxley wrote a foreword to the book.
Content
The book takes influence from the works of Frank Podmore, Joseph Jastrow and Ivor Lloyd Tuckett dealing with the "fallacies underlying psychical research". Rawcliffe critically examines claims of the occult, parapsychology and spiritualism concluding that they are best explained by psychological factors such as hallucination, hysteria, neurosis and suggestion as well as "delusion, fraud, prestidigitation, and limitless credulity." Rawcliffe found possible naturalistic explanations for all parapsychological experiments he investigated, noting that there is no scientific evidence for any paranormal power. He suggested that many of the results from ESP experiments can be explained by what he termed endophasic enneurosis (unconscious whispering).
The book offers rational explanations for diverse phenomena such as automatic writing, dowsing, fire-walking, lycanthropy and stigmata.
Reception
Daniel Loxton has described the book as an important skeptical work written many years before the founding of CSICOP. He noted that "Much as Michael Shermer has done in recent decades, Rawcliffe attempted not merely to debunk these claims, but to explain the underlying psychology of why people believe weird things."
See also
Why People Believe Weird Things
References
1952 non-fiction books
Anomalistic psychology
Books about the paranormal
Critics of parapsychology
Popular psychology books
Scientific skepticism mass media