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}}'''Robert "Bob" Doidge''' (1892-1967) was a professional mentalist performing as "Calostro", collector, author and publisher.  
}}'''Robert "Bob" Doidge''' (1892-1967) was a professional mentalist performing as "Calostro", as well as a collector, author, and publisher.  


== Biography ==
== Biography ==
Doidge was also a veteran of the   U. S. Marine Corps.<ref>Who's Who in Magic, [[Sphinx]], December, 1935</ref>
Doidge was a veteran of the U. S. Marine Corps, in which he he served during the First World War.<ref>Who's Who in Magic, [[Sphinx]], December, 1935</ref>


He was listed in the first issue of the [[Linking Ring]] as one of the original 20 members of the [[I.B.M.]] He was still active in magic in 1959.<ref> Without the Shuffle, by Gene Gordon, [[Genii 1959 September]].</ref> He later became member number 515 of the [[S.A.M.]]
He was listed in the first issue of the [[Linking Ring]] as one of the original 20 members of the [[I.B.M.]] He later became member number 515 of the [[S.A.M.]]


At one time, he was suspected as being [[Oudini]], because of the number of copies of the Oudini book "The Great Mystery" he had available to sell. However, John Henry Grossman wrote in his MUM "Ask the Doctor" column that [[Walter B. Gibson]] informed him that Doidge told him that Frank J. Rowan, who lived near Haverhill, Massachusetts (was actually Oudini.<ref>[[MUM]] March 1978 </ref>
Doidge continued to write articles and ideas into the 1930s for [[Theo Annemann]]'s [[The Jinx]] magazine <ref>[[The Jinx]] 1937-1938 </ref> He was still active in magic in 1959.<ref> Without the Shuffle, by Gene Gordon, [[Genii 1959 September]].</ref>
 
At one time, Doidge was suspected of being [[Oudini]], because of the number of copies of the 1909 Oudini book "The Great Mystery" he had available to sell. However, John Henry Grossman wrote in his MUM "Ask the Doctor" column that [[Walter B. Gibson]] informed him that Doidge told him that Frank J. Rowan, who lived near Haverhill, Massachusetts, was actually Oudini.<ref>[[MUM]] March 1978 </ref>


== Books ==
== Books ==
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* [[Mental Magic with Cards]] by Jean Hugard (publisher, 1935)
* [[Mental Magic with Cards]] by Jean Hugard (publisher, 1935)
* Radio-Vision The New Mind Reading Code (as Calostro) (1940)
* Radio-Vision The New Mind Reading Code (as Calostro) (1940)
* Entertaining with Hypnotism (as Calostro)
* Entertaining with Hypnotism (as Calostro) (1949)





Latest revision as of 18:50, 9 September 2022

Robert Doidge
BornRobert William Doidge, Jr.
October 12, 1892
Roxbury, Massachusetts
DiedDecember 01, 1967 (age 75)
Florida

Robert "Bob" Doidge (1892-1967) was a professional mentalist performing as "Calostro", as well as a collector, author, and publisher.

Biography

Doidge was a veteran of the U. S. Marine Corps, in which he he served during the First World War.[1]

He was listed in the first issue of the Linking Ring as one of the original 20 members of the I.B.M. He later became member number 515 of the S.A.M.

Doidge continued to write articles and ideas into the 1930s for Theo Annemann's The Jinx magazine [2] He was still active in magic in 1959.[3]

At one time, Doidge was suspected of being Oudini, because of the number of copies of the 1909 Oudini book "The Great Mystery" he had available to sell. However, John Henry Grossman wrote in his MUM "Ask the Doctor" column that Walter B. Gibson informed him that Doidge told him that Frank J. Rowan, who lived near Haverhill, Massachusetts, was actually Oudini.[4]

Books


References

  1. Who's Who in Magic, Sphinx, December, 1935
  2. The Jinx 1937-1938
  3. Without the Shuffle, by Gene Gordon, Genii 1959 September.
  4. MUM March 1978