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Featured article Ottokar Fischer Ottokar Fischer (1873 - 1940) was was an Austrian magician, who wrote J. N. Hofzinser's Card Conjuring. Biography Ottokar Fischer was born in Leschan, a small village in Mähren, Austria (now Lešany, CZ), to Josef Fischer und Christine Fischer (born Večera). In 1891 he was married to Barbara Eiböck (1875-1938), they had a son (Dr. Otto Fischer). In 1883 his parents moved to Vienna, where he saw Charles Arbre, Herman Mellini, Ben Ali Bey, and other noted performers. He gave his own first public performance at age 18. Fischer studied with A. Fredmar, who claimed to be the successor of Compars Herrmann. In 1895 Fischer met George Heubeck, who was one of the pupils of J. N. Hofzinser. Heubeck taught Fischer all of Hofzinser's effects he knew. Read more about Ottokar Fischer… Did you know... From MagicPedia's random pages: Denny Haney … The Update was managed by Bill Whittington? … Lin Searles created Cannibal Cards? … Talon was edited and published by David Britland and Stephen Tucker? … George Weisensel was inspired to take up escapes and magic after seeing Houdini? … Denny Haney was a graduate of the Chavez Studio of Magic? See also Recent changes. Featured Tip Use the Discussion tab at the top of an article to add comments or make a suggestion. Send News Items and Upcoming Events here. If the front page content is out of date purge the cache Subscribe to MagicPedia updates MagicPedia RSS feed for new articles MagicPedia RSS feed for latest changes Follow @MagicPedia on Twitter Collaboration requests Help MagicPedia by: Selecting a Random page and reviewing it. Making an article from the Wanted Page list. Adding public domain pictures to articles. All you need to do is join (free) and click "Edit"

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