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George Armstrong

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George Armstrong
BornWilliam George Armstrong Jenkins

NationalityBritish
Flourished1940s-1960s
CategoriesBooks by George Armstrong

George Armstrong (fl. 1940s-1960s), stage name of W. G. A. Jenkins (c.1876-1962), was a British semi-professional magician who was editor of the Wizard and Magic Wand periodicals.

Biography

Armstrong bought Pentagram from Peter Warlock in 1949 and was operator of the Magic Wand Publishing Co.

He announced the end of the Magic Wand in 1960.

Books

Marketed Tricks

  • George Armstrong's Premonition (1949)
  • Mass Hypnotism

Published

References

  • Goodlifes's Abracadabra, Vol. 1. No. 4, 23th February 1945, "THE MAGIC WAND" CHANGES HANDS, page 4
  • The Linking Ring, Vol. 26, No. 3, May 1946, FOREIGN PUBLICATIONS, page 68