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Dr. Howard B. Kayton

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Dr. Howard B. Kayton was the inventor of Soft Soap.

Dr. Howard B. Kayton
BornKatzenstein
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Germany
DiedMarch 26, 1952
Queens Village,New York

He learned magic while a student in medical college. After World War I, Dr. Kayton became very active in the "Magischer Zirkel" and a contributor to its publication, "Magie". He joined the I.B.M. (No. 997).[1]

He went to New York from Germany and became a naturalized American. Through his efforts, much of Hofzinser's apparatus passed into American private collections.[2]


References

  1. Genii 1943 March
  2. Abracadabra, April 5, 1952