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Oscar Longhurst Anderson
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Oscar Longhurst Anderson | |
Born | August 19, 1848 Swindon, England |
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Died | ? |
Oscar Longhurst Anderson (1848-?), the son of magician John Henry Anderson, followed in his father's footsteps performing as a magician himself.[1][2]
Biography
Starting out assisting father, he began performing professionally around 1870.
He was known to still be living in 1874.[3]
NOTE: His date of death is often confused with Philip Prentice Anderson death in 1920.[4]
Books
- Master Oscar Anderson's Illustrated and Alphabetical Enumerations... of his Father's ... Entertainment (c.l875)
References
- ↑ Who's Who in Magic: An International Biographical Guide From Past to Present by Bart Whaley (1990)
- ↑ Conjurers' Monthly Magazine, June 1908
- ↑ The Great Wizard of The North John Henry Anderson by Constance Pole Bayer (1990)
- ↑ Magic a pictorial history of conjurers in the theater by David Price (1985)