Joseph Banks Rhine, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Joseph Banks Rhine

American parapsychologist

Date of Birth: 29-Sep-1895

Date of Death: 20-Feb-1980

Profession: botanist, parapsychologist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Joseph Banks Rhine (September 29, 1895 – February 20, 1980), usually known as J.
B.
Rhine, was an American botanist who founded parapsychology as a branch of psychology, founding the parapsychology lab at Duke University, the Journal of Parapsychology, the Foundation for Research on the Nature of Man, and the Parapsychological Association.
Rhine wrote the books Extrasensory Perception and Parapsychology: Frontier Science of the Mind.