Peter Hurkos
Peter Hurkos( born Pieter van der Hurk on 21 May 1911 in Dordrecht, the Netherlands; died 1 June 1988 in Los Angeles, California) was a Dutchman who allegedly manifested extrasensory perception( ESP) after recovering from a head injury and coma caused by a fall from a ladder when aged 30.
He came to the United States in 1956 for psychic experiments, later becoming a professional psychic who sought clues in the Manson Family murders and the Boston Strangler case.
With the help of businessman Henry Belk and parapsychologist Andrija Puharich, Hurkos became a popular entertainer known for performing psychic feats before live and television audiences.
Henry Gordon (magician)
Henry Gordon( March 19, 1919- January 24, 2009) was a Canadian author, journalist, magician and skeptic.
Gordon, a professional magician, was the founder and first chair of the Ontario Skeptics, a precursor to Skeptics Canada.
He was also a fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry( CSI), and was well known for his debunking of the claims of self- proclaimed psychics such as Peter Hurkos and exposures of psychics such as Uri Geller and Shirley Maclaine.
Gordon's first debunking column appeared in the weekly Montreal newspaper The Suburban( the first such column of its kind in North America), and then, after moving to Toronto, Gordon wrote the debunking column" Extrasensory Deception" for two years for the" Toronto Sun", and wrote the regular column" Debunking" for the" Toronto Star ’s" Sunday paper for more than twenty years.
Many of Gordon's columns were published in his book" Extrasensory Deception: ESP, Psychics, Shirley MacLaine, Ghosts, UFOs"( Macmillan of Canada, 1988).
In 1992 the Committee of Skeptical Inquiry( CSICOP) presented Gordon with the" Responsibility in Journalism" Award.
Gordon also participated as a debunker on numerous radio and television shows in both Canada and the United States, including Canada- AM, The Great Debate, People Are Talking, and the Oprah Winfrey Show, and taught a course called" An Objective Inquiry into Psychic Phenomena" at McGill University from 1979- 1981.
He also penned a column called" It's Magic" for Starship, the children's page of the Toronto Star, in which he explained the secrets of stage tricks.
" He knew his magic so well, and was such a capable writer, that kids could actually do the tricks." former Starship editor John Robinson said.
In 1941, Henry Gordon married Zita, who was then working as his magician's assistant, and the two remained married for 68 years.
Henry and Zita had two children, Laura and Sandra, and several grandchildren.
Upon Gordon's death, a broken wand ceremony was carried out by Ron Guttman, past president of the Sid Lorraine Hat and Rabbit Club, the Toronto branch of the International Brotherhood of Magicians( IBM).
The broken wand symbolizes broken hearts at Henry's absence.
It also represents the fact that a wand without its magician is of no use.
“ We send Henry into the mystery of all mysteries, ” said Guttman, concluding the ceremony.
The Club had awarded Henry an Order of Merlin, which recognizes a member's service of over twenty- five years to IBM.
Piet Hein Hoebens
Piet Hein Hoebens( 29 September 1948, Utrecht – 22 October 1984) was a Dutch journalist, parapsychologist and skeptic.
Hoebens is most well known for debunking the claims of psychic detectives.
He worked as a Dutch journalist and investigated claims of paranormal phenomena.
He was a staff member for the newspaper" De Telegraaf" for 13 years and a member of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry.
He was an associate of Marcello Truzzi and contributed to the" Zetetic Scholar" regarding the claims of psychics such as Peter Hurkos and Gerard Croiset which he found to be bogus.
Hoebens took his own life in October 1984.
Sir William Sidney
Sir William Sidney( 1482? – 1554) was an English courtier under Henry VIII and Edward VI.
Andrija Puharich
Andrija Puharich (February 19, 1918 – January 3, 1995) — born Henry Karel Puharić — was a medical and parapsychological researcher, medical inventor, physician and author, known as the person who brought Israeli Uri Geller (born 1946) and Dutch-born Peter Hurkos (1911-1988) to the United States for scientific investigation.
Piet Hein Hoebens
Piet Hein Hoebens( 29 September 1948, Utrecht – 22 October 1984) was a Dutch journalist, parapsychologist and skeptic.
Hoebens is most well known for debunking the claims of psychic detectives.
He worked as a Dutch journalist and investigated claims of paranormal phenomena.
He was a staff member for the newspaper" De Telegraaf" for 13 years and a member of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry.
He was an associate of Marcello Truzzi and contributed to the" Zetetic Scholar" regarding the claims of psychics such as Peter Hurkos and Gerard Croiset which he found to be bogus.
Hoebens took his own life in October 1984.
David Ji
David Longfen Ji is an American businessman who co-founded Apex Digital, an electronics manufacturer.
In 2004, he was arrested in China following a dispute with Sichuan Changhong Electric, a supplier owned by the city of Mianyang and the province of Sichuan.
Changhong accused him of defrauding them through bad checks.
Ji was taken, according to an account by his lawyer, to the senior management and told, "I decide whether you live or die."
He has been held in China without charges.
Ji's case highlighted an "implicit racism" in dealings with American businessmen.
As a U.S. citizen he was not granted the same treatment by authorities as non-ethnically Chinese businessmen sharing the same nationality.
Edward Devitt
Edward James Devitt( May 5, 1911 – March 2, 1992) was a United States Representative from Minnesota and a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota.
British Politics (journal)
British Politics is a quarterly peer- reviewed academic journal covering British political studies published by Palgrave Macmillan.
The editors- in- chief are Peter Kerr( University of Birmingham) and Steven Kettell( University of Warwick).
Andrija Puharich
Andrija Puharich (February 19, 1918 – January 3, 1995) — born Henry Karel Puharić — was a medical and parapsychological researcher, medical inventor, physician and author, known as the person who brought Israeli Uri Geller (born 1946) and Dutch-born Peter Hurkos (1911-1988) to the United States for scientific investigation.

Question: Are Peter Hurkos and Edward Devitt of the same nationality?
Answer: no