Richard Wiseman

British psychologist

Person human Q781423

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Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[15]
Date of birth: September 17, 1966
Place of birth: London
Country of citizenship: United Kingdom^[8]
Occupation: psychologist, professor, academic, non-fiction writer, magician
Employer: University of Hertfordshire^[9]
Educated at: University of Edinburgh, University College London^[10]^[11]
Award received: Robert B. Balles Prize in Critical Thinking, Fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry, David Attenborough Award^[12]^[13]^[14]
Official website: richardwiseman.wordpress.com^[18]
Languages spoken, written or signed: English^[20]
Academic thesis: The assessment of psychic claimants : an application of schema theory to the evaluation of strong psychic claims^[19]
Family name: Wiseman^[16]
Given name: Richard^[17]
Name in native language: Richard Wiseman^[21]
Social media followers: 135k (135k–136k, n=3)^[22]^[23]^[24]

🏷️ Also known as

en Richard Wiseman ar ريتشارد وايزمان cs Richard John Wiseman fa ریچارد وایزمن he ריצ'רד וייזמן ja リチャード・ワイズマン ko 리처드 와이즈맨 ko 리처드 와이즈먼 ru Ричард Уайзман ru Уайзман, Ричард zh 理查德·怀斯曼 zh 理查德·懷斯曼 zh 理查·懷斯曼

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GND ID: 12460787X
Image (Wikimedia Commons): Richard Wiseman TAM London 2009.jpg ↗
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BIBSYS ID: 3040365
BNB person ID (OBSOLETE): WisemanRichard(RichardJohn)1966-
Babelio author ID: 58513
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 14472044z
CANTIC ID: 981058527295106706

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Canadiana Name Authority ID: ncf11598314
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Facebook username: Richard-Wiseman-216389545522
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Goodreads author ID: 57795
IMDb ID: nm1320922
IdRef ID: 080515258
Kinobox person ID: 1197039
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NLA Trove people ID: 1491468
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Namuwiki ID: 리처드 와이즈맨
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RERO ID (legacy): A026866503
SVKKL authority ID: 0296578-Wiseman-Richard-1966
University of Barcelona authority ID: 981058527295106706
Wellcome Collection concept ID: df86dfbc
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJbtrKx64CKyBWrKt9tR8C
X (Twitter) username: RichardWiseman
Yale LUX ID: person/c4aea9c2-0763-4992-9b5d-419cdbb02a2c

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Occupation 5

professor, psychologist, magician, academic, non-fiction writer

Award received 2

David Attenborough Award, Robert B. Balles Prize in Critical Thinking

Educated at 2

University of Edinburgh, University College London

Country of citizenship 1

United Kingdom

Employer 1

University of Hertfordshire

Given name 1

Richard

Instance of 1

human

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

English

Place of birth 1

London

Sex or gender 1

male

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Summary

Richard Wiseman was born on September 17, 1966^[1], in London^[2]. He has worked as a psychologist^[3], professor^[4], academic^[5], non-fiction writer^[6], and magician^[7].

FAQs

Where was Richard Wiseman born?

Richard Wiseman was born in London^[2].

What did Richard Wiseman do for work?

Richard Wiseman worked as a psychologist^[3], professor^[4], academic^[5], non-fiction writer^[6], and magician^[7].

Where did Richard Wiseman go to school?

Richard Wiseman was educated at University of Edinburgh^[10] and University College London^[11].

What awards did Richard Wiseman receive?

Honors received include Robert B. Balles Prize in Critical Thinking^[12], Fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry^[13], and David Attenborough Award^[14].

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[2] ↑ Richard Wiseman — place of birth (P19): London. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Richard Wiseman — sex or gender (P21): male. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Richard Wiseman — country of citizenship (P27): United Kingdom. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Richard Wiseman — educated at (P69): University of Edinburgh. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Richard Wiseman — educated at (P69): University College London. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Richard Wiseman — occupation (P106): psychologist. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Richard Wiseman — occupation (P106): professor. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Richard Wiseman — occupation (P106): academic. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Richard Wiseman — occupation (P106): non-fiction writer. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Richard Wiseman — occupation (P106): magician. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2019-06-20. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Richard Wiseman — employer (P108): University of Hertfordshire. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Richard Wiseman — award received (P166): Robert B. Balles Prize in Critical Thinking. centerforinquiry.s3.amazonaws.com. Retrieved 2026-10-04. centerforinquiry.s3.amazonaws.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Richard Wiseman — award received (P166): Fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry. skepticalinquirer.org. Retrieved 2026-10-04. skepticalinquirer.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Richard Wiseman — award received (P166): David Attenborough Award. royalsociety.org. Retrieved 2024-08-30. royalsociety.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Richard Wiseman — date of birth (P569): September 17, 1966. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Richard Wiseman — family name (P734): Wiseman. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Richard Wiseman — given name (P735): Richard. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Richard Wiseman — official website (P856): http://richardwiseman.wordpress.com/. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Richard Wiseman — academic thesis (P1026): The assessment of psychic claimants : an application of schema theory to the evaluation of strong psychic claims. E-Theses Online Service. Retrieved 2018-08-30. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Richard Wiseman — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): English. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Richard Wiseman — name in native language (P1559): Richard Wiseman. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Richard Wiseman — social media followers (P8687): 136,203. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Richard Wiseman — social media followers (P8687): 134,511. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Richard Wiseman — social media followers (P8687): 134,769. wikidata.org.

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