Robert Doidge

Robert Doidge
Born	Robert William Doidge, Jr. October 12, 1892 Roxbury, Massachusetts
Died	December 01, 1967 (age 75) Florida

Robert "Bob" Doidge (1892-1967) was a professional mentalist performing as "Calostro", as well as a collector, author, and publisher.

Biography

Doidge was a veteran of the U. S. Marine Corps, in which he he served during the First World War.

He was listed in the first issue of the Linking Ring as one of the original 20 members of the I.B.M. He later became member number 515 of the S.A.M.

Doidge continued to write articles and ideas into the 1930s for Theo Annemann's The Jinx magazine He was still active in magic in 1959.

At one time, Doidge was suspected of being Oudini, because of the number of copies of the 1909 Oudini book "The Great Mystery" he had available to sell. However, John Henry Grossman wrote in his MUM "Ask the Doctor" column that Walter B. Gibson informed him that Doidge told him that Frank J. Rowan, who lived near Haverhill, Massachusetts, was actually Oudini.

Books

• Vaudeville Mind Reading (publisher, 1920)
• Vaudeville Ventriloquism (with David J. Lustig) (1920)
• Mental Magic with Cards by Jean Hugard (publisher, 1935)
• Radio-Vision The New Mind Reading Code (as Calostro) (1940)
• Entertaining with Hypnotism (as Calostro) (1949)

References

• Category:Books published by Calostro Publications
• Category:Books published by R.W. Doidge
• http://death-records.mooseroots.com/l/96288933/Robert-Doidge