Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Leonora Piper (née Symonds; 27 June 1857 – 3 June 1950) was a famous trance medium in the area of Spiritualism. Piper was the subject of intense interest and investigation by American and British psychic research associations during the early 20th century, most notably William James and the Society for Psychical Research.Researchers and scientists who have studied Piper's mediumship have described mentalist techniques such as cold reading, muscle reading and "fishing" she may have used to gather information about séance sitters. Science writer and mathematician Martin Gardner dismissed Piper as a "clever charlatan.". }
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- Leonora_Piper abstract "Leonora Piper (née Symonds; 27 June 1857 – 3 June 1950) was a famous trance medium in the area of Spiritualism. Piper was the subject of intense interest and investigation by American and British psychic research associations during the early 20th century, most notably William James and the Society for Psychical Research.Researchers and scientists who have studied Piper's mediumship have described mentalist techniques such as cold reading, muscle reading and "fishing" she may have used to gather information about séance sitters. Science writer and mathematician Martin Gardner dismissed Piper as a "clever charlatan."".