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Lewis Davenport
Lewis Davenport | |
Born | George William John Ryan December 26, 1881 London, England |
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Died | May 14, 1961 (age 79) London, England |
Lewis Davenport (1881-1961) was a British performer and inventor.
He established Davenports & Co. in 1898, now one of the oldest family run magic business in the world. As a performer his specialty was the lightning-fast manipulation of solid billiard balls and quick changes.
Davenport was a natural entrepreneur who started the company as a mail-order operation, writing out instructions by hand. He got a printing press around 1905 by putting an ad in the paper saying he was willing to swap a printing press for magic tricks.
He created a very popular version of the Mutilated Parasol.[1][2]
Books
- The Davenport Story – Volume One: The Life and Times of a Magical Family, 1881-1939 by Fergus Roy [3]
- The Davenport Story - Volume Two: The Lost Legends by Fergus Roy [4]
References
- ↑ http://www.davenportsmagic.co.uk/
- ↑ Cover Genii Magazine, Vol. 45, No. 2, February 1981, The House of Davenport, page 88
- ↑ Genii Magazine, Vol. 73, No. 3, March 2010, Books, REVIEWED BY JAMY IAN SWISS, page 78
- ↑ Genii Magazine, Vol. 73, No. 5, May 2010, Books, REVIEWED BY JAMY IAN SWISS, page 75
- The Magic Circular, Vol. 75, No. 819, September/October 1981, L. Davenport & Company and its Catalogues by JOHN AND ANNE DAVENPORT, page 198
- Bio-bibliographisches Lexikon der Zauberkünstler Edition Volker Huber, April 2002, page 259
- http://magicpostcards.wordpress.com/2010/10/22/lewis-davenport/