Bertold Wiesner

Bertold Wiesner
BornBertold Paul Wiesner
24 July 1901 Edit this on Wikidata
Marchegg Edit this on Wikidata
Died7 January 1972 Edit this on Wikidata (aged 70)
London Borough of Ealing Edit this on Wikidata
Resting placeEast Finchley Cemetery Edit this on Wikidata
OccupationLecturer, scientist Edit this on Wikidata
Spouse(s)Anna Gmeyner, Mary Barton Edit this on Wikidata
Childrenup to 600

Bertold Paul Wiesner FRSE (1901–1972) was an Austrian-born physiologist noted firstly for coining the term 'Psi' to denote parapsychological phenomena;[1][2][3][4][5] secondly for his contribution to research into human fertility and the diagnosis of pregnancy;[6][7] and thirdly for being the biological father to upwards of 600 offspring by anonymously donating sperm used by his wife the obstetrician Mary Barton to perform artificial insemination on women at her private practice in the Harley Street area of London.[8][9][10][11]

  1. ^ Dybvig, Magne (1987). "On the Philosophy of Psi". Inquiry: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Philosophy. 30 (3): 253–275. doi:10.1080/00201748708602123.
  2. ^ RHINE JB (1 November 1950). "Psi phenomena and psychiatry". Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine. 43 (11): 804–814. ISSN 0141-0768. PMC 2081770. PMID 14797676. Wikidata Q40232843.
  3. ^ THOULESS RH; WIESNER BP (1 September 1948). "The psi processes in normal and paranormal psychology". Journal of Parapsychology. 12 (3): 192–212. ISSN 0022-3387. PMID 18885711. Wikidata Q79484430.
  4. ^ Thouless, R. H. and Wiesner, B. P., 'On the Nature of Psi Phenomena'. Journal of Parapsychology Vol 1. (1946) pp107-119.
  5. ^ Thouless, R. H., "Experiments on Paranormal Guessing". British Journal of Psychology 33 (1942) pp15-27.
  6. ^ Sanders, M. A., Wiesner, B. P. and Yudkin, J. 'Control of Fertility by 6-Azauridine'
  7. ^ McLaren, A., Reproduction by Design: Sex, Robots, Trees, and Test-Tube Babies in Interwar Britain. Chicago. University of Chicago Press 2012.
  8. ^ "Did Sperm Bank Founder Father 600 Children? - ABC News". ABC News. 4 February 2019. Archived from the original on 4 February 2019. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
  9. ^ Kensche, C., '600 Children Looking for a Father'. Die Welt 10 April 2012.
  10. ^ Stevens, B., (Writer & Director) 'Bio-Dad' Documentary. Barna-Alper Productions. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) 2009.
  11. ^ Cite error: The named reference Fricker was invoked but never defined (see the help page).