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* ...The [[Magic Circle]] was going to called the [[Martin Chapender]] Magical Society...
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* ... Author [[Clayton Rawson]] organized an informal exclusive magic organization in New York City called the [[Witchdoctors Club]]...
* ...[[Chris Charlton]]'s collection of magic magazines was one of the largest of his time...
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* ... George Casaubon was the pen name of [[Monsignor Vincent Foy]], a  Roman Catholic priest and magic collector.
*... [[Hen Fetsch]]'s rope routines were the inspiration for the classic [[Professor's Nightmare]] effect.  
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* ... [[Professor Henderson]] (Milton H. Grannat) was one of the crew on the Monitor, during the [[Civil War]]. After retiring from the Federal Navy at the close of the Civil War, he became a magician. 
* ... [[Stanley Collins]] and [[S.H. Sharpe]] shared the same birthday.
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* ... [[Mac McDonald]](1907-c.1982), of [[McDonald's Aces]] fame, was a diamond broker before he became a magician...
* ... [[Max Katz]] was [[Ricky Jay]]'s grandfather ....
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* ... [[Jack Merlin]] (c.1885-1943) was buried at Marion National Cemetery in Marion, Indiana...
* ... [[Kolar]] was the inspiration for "[[Seven Keys to Baldpate]]"...
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* ... [[Houdini]] had a nephew, [[Harry Houdini Hinson]], who was an amateur magician that died at the age of 21...
* ... [[Jimmy Stewart]] starting out as an amateur magician and accordionist...
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* ... [[Houdini]] wrote under the name "N. Osey" for both [[Mahatma]] and his own [[Conjurers' Monthly Magazine]]....
* ... between 1906 and 1915 [[Theodore DeLand]] marketed almost 100 tricks using gimmicked cards and decks...
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* ... American author John Ball (who wrote the mystery novel "In the Heat of the Night" involving the African-American police detective Virgil Tibbs in 1965) performed as a semi-professional magician in college as [[Jacques_Morintell]]...
* ... At their peak, [[J. B. Bobo]] and his wife performed 400 to 450 school shows a year...
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* ... The book [[Expert at the Card Table]] had over a dozen different editions..
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''See also  [[Special:Recentchanges|Recent changes]]''.

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  • ... Author Clayton Rawson organized an informal exclusive magic organization in New York City called the Witchdoctors Club...
  • ... George Casaubon was the pen name of Monsignor Vincent Foy, a Roman Catholic priest and magic collector.
  • ... Professor Henderson (Milton H. Grannat) was one of the crew on the Monitor, during the Civil War. After retiring from the Federal Navy at the close of the Civil War, he became a magician.
  • ... Mac McDonald(1907-c.1982), of McDonald's Aces fame, was a diamond broker before he became a magician...
  • ... Jack Merlin (c.1885-1943) was buried at Marion National Cemetery in Marion, Indiana...
  • ... Houdini had a nephew, Harry Houdini Hinson, who was an amateur magician that died at the age of 21...
  • ... Houdini wrote under the name "N. Osey" for both Mahatma and his own Conjurers' Monthly Magazine....
  • ... American author John Ball (who wrote the mystery novel "In the Heat of the Night" involving the African-American police detective Virgil Tibbs in 1965) performed as a semi-professional magician in college as Jacques_Morintell...


See also Recent changes.