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'''Bernard Morris Leon Ernst]]''' (March 17, 1879 - November 28, 1938 ), born in Uniontown, Alabama was an amateur magician and lawyer of [[Harry Houdini]].
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'''Bernard M. L. Ernst''' (1879 - 1938)  was an amateur magician and lawyer of [[Harry Houdini]].<ref>Tricks That Mystify by Will Goldston (1934)</ref>
  
 
Bernard's interest in magic began when he attended a performance of [[Frederick Eugene Powell]] while at the College of the City of New York, he later graduated from Columbia University. A partner in the law firm of Ernst, Cane and Berner, he specialized with copyright and theatrical matters.
 
Bernard's interest in magic began when he attended a performance of [[Frederick Eugene Powell]] while at the College of the City of New York, he later graduated from Columbia University. A partner in the law firm of Ernst, Cane and Berner, he specialized with copyright and theatrical matters.
  
He was elected president of the [[Society of American Magicians]] in 1926.
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He was elected president of the [[Society of American Magicians]] in 1926, after Houdini's death.
  
Ernst began writing a news column in the [[Sphinx]] (as well as being president of the The Sphinx Publishing Corp.) called ''"Among the Magicians"'' in the 1930s.
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Ernst began writing the news column, ''"Among the Magicians"'', in the [[Sphinx]] (as well as being president of the The Sphinx Publishing Corporation) in the 1930s.<ref>Obit [[Sphinx]] December 1938</ref><ref> Obit [[Genii 1939 January]]</ref>
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== Books ==
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* Houdini and Conan Doyle
  
 
== References ==
 
== References ==
* Obit [[Sphinx]] December 1938.
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* Obit [[Genii 1939 January]].
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Revision as of 19:10, 1 August 2010

Bernard M. L. Ernst
BornBernard Morris Leon Ernst
March 17, 1879
Uniontown, Alabama
DiedNovember 28, 1938 (age 59)

Bernard M. L. Ernst (1879 - 1938) was an amateur magician and lawyer of Harry Houdini.[1]

Bernard's interest in magic began when he attended a performance of Frederick Eugene Powell while at the College of the City of New York, he later graduated from Columbia University. A partner in the law firm of Ernst, Cane and Berner, he specialized with copyright and theatrical matters.

He was elected president of the Society of American Magicians in 1926, after Houdini's death.

Ernst began writing the news column, "Among the Magicians", in the Sphinx (as well as being president of the The Sphinx Publishing Corporation) in the 1930s.[2][3]

Books

  • Houdini and Conan Doyle

References

  1. Tricks That Mystify by Will Goldston (1934)
  2. Obit Sphinx December 1938
  3. Obit Genii 1939 January