Deborah Hyde
British anthropologist and editor · United Kingdom · On the map · Academics · Born 1965 · age 61
Deborah Hyde is a British sceptic, folklorist, cultural anthropologist, Ufologist, fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry, and editor-in-chief of The Skeptic.
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![Deborah Hyde presenting James O'Malley and Liz Lutgendorff of The Pod Delusion with the Editors' Choice award at the 2013 Ockam Awards' Ceremony in Manchester, held as part of QEDcon 2013[36]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/The_Pod_Delusion_Wins_the_Editors%27_Choice_Ockham_Award_2013.jpg/1280px-The_Pod_Delusion_Wins_the_Editors%27_Choice_Ockham_Award_2013.jpg)
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She writes and lectures extensively about superstition, cryptozoology, religion and belief in the paranormal, with special regard to the folklore, psychology and sociology behind these phenomena, and has been introduced as a "vampire expert". Hyde has also worked in the motion picture industry. She is a patron of Humanists UK.
