Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin

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Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin (1805 - 1871)

Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin was born December 6, 1805 in Blois, France and died on June 13, 1871

Robert-Houdin is often credited as being "the father of modern magic".

Robert-Houdin's autobiography is The Memoirs of Robert-Houdin.

American magician and escape artist Harry Houdini adopted the stage name of 'Houdini' in honour of Robert-Houdin.

Houdini wrote (?) The Unmasking of Robert-Houdin in 1908.

[edit] Books

• Confidences d'un prestidigitateur, T. 1-2 (1958) translated by Lascelles Wraxall as Memoirs of Robert-Houdin (1859)
• Les tricheries des grecs dévoilées (1861) translated by Professor Hoffmann as Card Sharping Exposed (1882)
• Les secrets de la prestidigitation et de la magie (1868) translated by Professor Hoffmann as The Secrets of Conjuring and Magic (1878)
• Magie et physique amusante (1877) translated by Professor Hoffmann as Secrets of Stage Conjuring (1881)

[edit] External links and references

• Brief Biography at The Magic Nook