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'''Sydney Wrangel Clarke''' (1864 - July 12, 1940) was a British barrister (lawyer), noted magic historian and celebrated member of the [[Magic Circle]]. | '''Sydney Wrangel Clarke''' (1864 - July 12, 1940) was a British barrister (lawyer), noted magic historian and celebrated member of the [[Magic Circle]]. | ||
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Clarke join the [[Magic Circle]] in 1907 and succeeded [[Nevil Maskelyne]] in 1910 as editor of the [[Magic Circular]] (1909 - 1914) . | Clarke join the [[Magic Circle]] in 1907 and succeeded [[Nevil Maskelyne]] in 1910 as editor of the [[Magic Circular]] (1909 - 1914) . | ||
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* [[The Barrister In The Circle]] by [[Edwin Dawes]] (1983) | * [[The Barrister In The Circle]] by [[Edwin Dawes]] (1983) | ||
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Revision as of 12:52, 21 November 2010
Sydney Wrangel Clarke (1864 - July 12, 1940) was a British barrister (lawyer), noted magic historian and celebrated member of the Magic Circle.
| Sydney W. Clarke | |
| Born | 1864 U.K. |
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| Died | July 12, 1940 |
| Categories | Books by Sydney W. Clarke |
Clarke join the Magic Circle in 1907 and succeeded Nevil Maskelyne in 1910 as editor of the Magic Circular (1909 - 1914) .
He wrote a comprehensive history of magic that was published as a serial in "The Magic Wand" magazine during the years 1924-1928, which eventually was release in book form as The Annals of Conjuring. Clarke also, for a period, produced the Magic Wand.
During the 1930s, Clarke contributed to magazines such as the Sphinx.
Clarke taught magic to his nephew Brigadier Dudley Wrangel Clarke, a British officer that was head of "A Force", the British deception planning & operations section in the Middle East and Mediterranean Theaters during World War II.
Books
- The Bibliography of Conjuring and Kindred Deceptions (with Adolphe Blind) (1920)
- The Annals of Conjuring from the Earliest Times to the Present (1929)
- The Annals of Conjuring (1983)
References
- The Barrister In The Circle by Edwin Dawes (1983)