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To view past articles or propose a new feature article for the main page, visit the [[MagicPedia_talk:Today%27s_featured_article|discussion page]].
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Proposed candidates are listed in [[:Category:Featured Article Candidate]]
 
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=== Magicana New Series ===
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| image                    = GeorgeFWright2.jpg
| title = Magicana New Series
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| name = George F. Wright
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| caption                  = Courtesy of granddaughter,<br />Barbara A. Wright
| editors          = Charlie Miller, Elizabeth Wilson  
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| birth_day                = July 9,
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| birth_year                = 1880
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| firstdate      = November 1964
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| death_day                = June 6,
| finaldate      = April 1978
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| death_year                = 1958
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| resting_place            = Washingtonville Cemetery, Ohio
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'''George F. Wright''' (1880-1958) was a magic enthusiast who had many ideas  published  in [[Tops]] and [[The Linking Ring]].
  
'''Magicana New Series''' was a continuation of the "magazine within a magazine", [[Magicana]], a magic newsletter started by [[Bill Woodfield]] in 1946 and was distributed within [[Genii]] starting in 1948.
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== Biography ==
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Raised in Salem, Ohio, his love of magic started at the age of nine by a casual passerby doing a coin trick, then again at 12 by a visit to the county fair when he purchased  a   magic book  a  dime. After joining a circus, a side show magician fostered his love of the art.
  
[[Charlie Miller]] resurrected the series, again in Genii, starting in [[Genii 1964 November|November 1964]] calling it the "New Series". It continued virtually uninterrupted until April 1978, numbered #154 (which listed Elizabeth Wilson as the editor). A number of Charlie's later columns were ghosted by [[Elizabeth Wilson]] (wife of [[Ron Wilson]]) and [[Jules Lenier]] when Charlie was off performing on cruise ships.
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A one time assistant to [[Kellar]] (he spent three seasons with him), his magic friends included [[Thomas Yost]], [[Gus Roterberg ]], [[Ed Reno]], [[Maro]], [[Laurant]], [[George E. Closson]] and [[Bill Durbin]]  
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Wright lived in the Reading, Ohio area (a Cincinnati suburb), from the late 1930 until the 1950s.  
  
[[Magicana New Series|Read more about Magicana New Series....]]
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He spent a year as national organizer for the [[International Brotherhood of Magicians]], and while active on committees was detailed to conduct an investigation into spiritualism. 
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Wright died at the nursing home June 6, 1958 of Bronchopneumonia, arteriosclerotic heart disease, and generalized arteriosclerosis. 
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[[George F. Wright|Read more about George F. Wright...]]

Revision as of 19:18, 27 February 2015

Previous featured articles are located in Category:Featured Article

Proposed candidates are listed in Category:Featured Article Candidate

George F. Wright

Courtesy of granddaughter,
Barbara A. Wright
BornJuly 9, 1880
DiedJune 6, 1958 (age 77)
Resting placeWashingtonville Cemetery, Ohio

George F. Wright (1880-1958) was a magic enthusiast who had many ideas published in Tops and The Linking Ring.

Biography

Raised in Salem, Ohio, his love of magic started at the age of nine by a casual passerby doing a coin trick, then again at 12 by a visit to the county fair when he purchased a magic book a dime. After joining a circus, a side show magician fostered his love of the art.

A one time assistant to Kellar (he spent three seasons with him), his magic friends included Thomas Yost, Gus Roterberg , Ed Reno, Maro, Laurant, George E. Closson and Bill Durbin

Wright lived in the Reading, Ohio area (a Cincinnati suburb), from the late 1930 until the 1950s.

He spent a year as national organizer for the International Brotherhood of Magicians, and while active on committees was detailed to conduct an investigation into spiritualism.

Wright died at the nursing home June 6, 1958 of Bronchopneumonia, arteriosclerotic heart disease, and generalized arteriosclerosis.

Read more about George F. Wright...