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He was inspired at the age of 8 after seeing [[Alexander Herrmann]]'s show and learned magic from magic instructions printed inside Adams Blackjack gum wrappers. He joined the [[IBM]] in 1936. | He was inspired at the age of 8 after seeing [[Alexander Herrmann]]'s show and learned magic from magic instructions printed inside Adams Blackjack gum wrappers. He joined the [[IBM]] in 1936. | ||
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Revision as of 17:54, 22 August 2014
| Michael F. Zens | |
 Cover of Genii (1944) | |
| Born | Michael F. Zens February 24, 1887 Kenosha, Wisconsin |
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| Died | July 10, 1952 (age 65) |
| Categories | Books by Michael F. Zens |
Michael F. Zens (1887-1952), an Assistant Postmaster, was a founding member of the Houdini Club of Wisconsin.
Biography
He was inspired at the age of 8 after seeing Alexander Herrmann's show and learned magic from magic instructions printed inside Adams Blackjack gum wrappers. He joined the IBM in 1936.
Together with the John Snyder, Jr. and Frank Carter, they founded the Houdini Club of Wisconsin.[1]
Zens contributed effects to many books and magazines and was creator of the "Zens Cards and Envelopes", "Zens' Card Miracle" and "Zens Cards".[2]
In later years he lived in California and Florida.[3]
He died just a few days after attending the I.B.M. Convention in St. Louis at the age of 75.[4]
Marketed Tricks
- Quadruple Poker Trick (1931)
Bibliography
- Cardiology of Tomorrow (1941)
Contributions
- "What? Another Square Circle?" in Genii 1948 September, Vol. 13, No. 1.
References
- ↑ Cover Genii 1944 June
- ↑ Linking Ring, January 1952, page 115.
- ↑ magicinwisconsin
- ↑ Broken Wand, Linking Ring, August 1952
