Joe Nickell
Skeptic and paranormal investigator (born 1944) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Joe Nickell (born December 1, 1944) is an American skeptic and investigator of the paranormal.
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Born | (1944-12-01) December 1, 1944 (age 79) West Liberty, Kentucky, U.S. |
Education | University of Kentucky (BA, MA, PhD) |
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Known for | CSICOP |
Website | joenickell |
Nickell is senior research fellow for the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry and writes regularly for their journal, Skeptical Inquirer. He is also an associate dean of the Center for Inquiry Institute. He is the author or editor of over 30 books.
Among his career highlights, Nickell helped expose the James Maybrick "Jack the Ripper Diary" as a hoax. In 2002, Nickell was one of a number of experts asked by scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. to evaluate the authenticity of the manuscript of Hannah Crafts' The Bondwoman's Narrative (1853–1860), possibly the first novel by an African-American woman.[1] At the request of document dealer and historian Seth Keller, Nickell analyzed documentation in the dispute over the authorship of "The Night Before Christmas", ultimately supporting the Clement Clarke Moore claim.