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'''Dr Saram R. Ellison''' (1852 - 1918) was co-founded with [[W. Golden Mortimer]] and [[Francis Martinka]] of the [[Society of American Magicians]] in [[1902]] and was member No. 1.
  
Born in Canada.
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==Biography==
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He graduated as a physician and surgeon March 1873.
  
Co-founded with W.G. Mortimer & F. Martinka The [[Society of American Magician]] in 1902.
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He was an amateur magic collector with over 1500 volumes of books, among them many foreign works dating back to the sixteenth century. He owned at the time one of the largest collections of Magic Wands in the world. He donated his books to the New York City Public library.<ref>Obit [[Magic World]], Vol 2., No.2, May 1918. </ref><ref>Obit [[Sphinx]], April 1918</ref>.<ref>Photo of his collection in [[Mahatma]], Vol. V, No. 8, February 1902, page 77. </ref>
  
Amateur magic collector.
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Saram Ellison

From The Sphinx, April 1918
BornJanuary 17, 1852
St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada
DiedMarch 26, 1918 (age 66)
NationalityCanadian

Dr Saram R. Ellison (1852 - 1918) was co-founded with W. Golden Mortimer and Francis Martinka of the Society of American Magicians in 1902 and was member No. 1.

Biography

He graduated as a physician and surgeon March 1873.

He was an amateur magic collector with over 1500 volumes of books, among them many foreign works dating back to the sixteenth century. He owned at the time one of the largest collections of Magic Wands in the world. He donated his books to the New York City Public library.[1][2].[3]

References

  1. Obit Magic World, Vol 2., No.2, May 1918.
  2. Obit Sphinx, April 1918
  3. Photo of his collection in Mahatma, Vol. V, No. 8, February 1902, page 77.