Cleve Backster

Introduced polygraph or "lie-detector" tests, worked in the CIA. Later performed experiments and theorized "plant perception". (1924-2013)
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Cleve Backster

Summary

Cleve Backster is a human[1]. He was born in Lafayette[2]. He was born on +1924-02-27T00:00:00Z[3]. He passed away in San Diego[4]. He died on +2013-06-24T00:00:00Z[5]. He worked as a botanist[6], criminal investigator[7], and scientist[8]. He ranks in the top 0.71% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (207 views/month, #7,118 of 1,000,298).[9]

Key Facts

  • Cleve Backster was born in Lafayette[2].
  • Cleve Backster passed away in San Diego[4].
  • Cleve Backster was born on +1924-02-27T00:00:00Z[3].
  • Cleve Backster died on +2013-06-24T00:00:00Z[5].
  • Cleve Backster died on +2013-01-01T00:00:00Z[10].
  • Cleve Backster held citizenship in United States[11].
  • Cleve Backster worked as a botanist[6].
  • Cleve Backster's professions included criminal investigator[7].
  • Cleve Backster worked as a scientist[8].
  • Cleve Backster's field of work was polygraph[12].
  • Cleve Backster's field of work was police stop[13].
  • Cleve Backster's field of work was intelligence agency[14].
  • Cleve Backster's field of work was extrasensory perception[15].
  • Cleve Backster's field of work was plant[16].
  • Cleve Backster's field of work was psychotronics[17].
  • Cleve Backster's image is recorded as Cleve Backster 1969.png[18].
  • Cleve Backster is recorded as male[19].
  • Cleve Backster's instance of is recorded as human[20].
  • Cleve Backster's ISNI is recorded as 0000000048798542[21].
  • Cleve Backster's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 34154634[22].
  • Cleve Backster's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as no2003105955[23].
  • Cleve Backster's NACSIS-CAT author ID is recorded as DA15336661[24].
  • Cleve Backster's IMDb ID is recorded as nm5731418[25].
  • Cleve Backster's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 01007541[26].
  • Cleve Backster's Commons category is recorded as Cleve Backster[27].

Body

Origins and Family

Cleve Backster's place of birth was Lafayette[2]. He was born on +1924-02-27T00:00:00Z[3].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include botanist[6], criminal investigator[7], and scientist[8]. Fields of work include polygraph[12]; police stop[13], a control[28]; intelligence agency[14], a government agency[29]; extrasensory perception[15], an aptitude[30]; plant[16], a taxon[31]; and psychotronics[17], a branch of pseudoscience[32].

Death and Burial

Recorded date of death include +2013-06-24T00:00:00Z[5] and +2013-01-01T00:00:00Z[10]. Cleve Backster passed away in San Diego[4].

Why It Matters

Cleve Backster ranks in the top 0.71% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (207 views/month, #7,118 of 1,000,298).[9] He has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] He is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

FAQs

Where was Cleve Backster born?

Cleve Backster was born in Lafayette[2].

Where did Cleve Backster die?

Cleve Backster passed away in San Diego[4].

What did Cleve Backster do for work?

Cleve Backster worked as botanist[6], criminal investigator[7], and scientist[8].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [18] . wikidata.org.
  2. [2] . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . wikidata.org.
  4. [19] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [11] . wikidata.org.
  6. [20] . wikidata.org.
  7. [12] . wikidata.org.
  8. [13] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [14] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [15] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [16] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [17] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [6] . wikidata.org.
  14. [7] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [8] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [21] . wikidata.org.
  17. [22] . CiNii Research. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [23] . wikidata.org.
  19. [24] . CiNii Research. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [25] . IMDb. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [26] . wikidata.org.
  22. [27] . wikidata.org.
  23. [3] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [5] . policepolygraph.org. policepolygraph.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [10] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [9] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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