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Basch
From Magicpedia, the free online encyclopedia for magicians by magicians.
Basch was a family of brothers that were all magic performers or manufacturers from Holland, later settling in Germany: [1]
- Freidrich Joseph Basch (b.1833-d.1877), commonly called Wilhelm or William, married a sister of magician Herman Mellini. He traveled to England, Ireland, Germany, Austria and Turkey. [2]
- Ernst Basch (b.1838-d.1908) performed between 1860 and 1887. He was also a manufacture out of his shop in Hamberg, Germany. Inventor of the illusions "The Aerial Bicycle Rider," "The Bridal Chamber," and the "Bewitched Table." .
- Heinrich Basch (b.1841-d.1876), also known as Henry, toured with a Phantasmagoria show, and later built magical props.
- Jacob Basch (b.1858-?) retired from magic to Antwerp to engage in the jewelry trade.
References
- ↑ History of Conjuring and Magic by Henry Ridgely Evans (1928)
- ↑ Conjurers' Monthly Magazine, Vol. 02, No. 03 (1907)
