Help us get to over 8,748 articles in 2024.

If you know of a magician not listed in MagicPedia, start a New Biography for them. Contact us at magicpediahelp@gmail.com

Difference between revisions of "James Andrews"

From Magicpedia, the free online encyclopedia for magicians by magicians.
Jump to: navigation, search
m
m
Line 21: Line 21:
 
| misc                      =
 
| misc                      =
 
}}
 
}}
'''James Andrews''' was one of the first candidates of [[S.W. Erdnase]]'s identity, the author of [[Expert at the Card Table]] (1902).<ref>Erdnase, [[Genii 1948 July]]</ref>
+
'''James Andrews''' (?) was one of the first candidates of [[S.W. Erdnase]]'s identity, the author of [[Expert at the Card Table]] (1902).<ref>Erdnase, [[Genii 1948 July]]</ref>
  
 +
== Biography ==
 
In 1947, [[Martin Gardner]] located the artist who illustrated "The Expert", M. D. Smith,  which led him to searching for a James Andrews, which spells S.W. Erdnase backwards if you drop the first three letters ( [Jam]esandrEWS ). He found a James J. Andrews  listed in The New York City Directory for 1909 lists a clairvoyant, living at 398 Sixth Avenue and an article written by a "James Andrews" published in Harper's Magazine (June 26, 1909) titled "The Confessions of a Fakir".<ref>The Conjuror's Magazine of August 1949</ref>
 
In 1947, [[Martin Gardner]] located the artist who illustrated "The Expert", M. D. Smith,  which led him to searching for a James Andrews, which spells S.W. Erdnase backwards if you drop the first three letters ( [Jam]esandrEWS ). He found a James J. Andrews  listed in The New York City Directory for 1909 lists a clairvoyant, living at 398 Sixth Avenue and an article written by a "James Andrews" published in Harper's Magazine (June 26, 1909) titled "The Confessions of a Fakir".<ref>The Conjuror's Magazine of August 1949</ref>
  
 
Gardner eventually dropped this candidate for [[Milton F. Andrews]].
 
Gardner eventually dropped this candidate for [[Milton F. Andrews]].
  
== References ==
+
{{References}}
<references />
+
  
{{DEFAULTSORT:Andrews, James}}
+
{{DEFAULTSORT:Andrews,James}}

Revision as of 23:04, 10 September 2013

James Andrews
Born?

James Andrews (?) was one of the first candidates of S.W. Erdnase's identity, the author of Expert at the Card Table (1902).[1]

Biography

In 1947, Martin Gardner located the artist who illustrated "The Expert", M. D. Smith, which led him to searching for a James Andrews, which spells S.W. Erdnase backwards if you drop the first three letters ( [Jam]esandrEWS ). He found a James J. Andrews listed in The New York City Directory for 1909 lists a clairvoyant, living at 398 Sixth Avenue and an article written by a "James Andrews" published in Harper's Magazine (June 26, 1909) titled "The Confessions of a Fakir".[2]

Gardner eventually dropped this candidate for Milton F. Andrews.

References

  1. Erdnase, Genii 1948 July
  2. The Conjuror's Magazine of August 1949