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Will Alma (b.1904-d.1993), born Oswald George William Bishop in Malvern, Victoria, Australia, was described in March 1987 issue of The Linking Ring as "Australia's most famous magician" and "a successful club and vaudeville magician, manufacturer and dealer, teacher of magic, editor and publisher of conjuring periodicals, a writer and outstanding collector of magicana."

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Alma's father was Oswald Henry Bishop, a tinsmith by trade, but also performed professionally as "Alma, the Court Magician" and his mother, Rose, who was Australia's first "floating lady" in 1903. Alma began doing magic against his family's wishes, studying David Devant's book Magic Made Easy (1903) while working at engineering firms (which helped him develop the skills in constructing apparatus). His father however deserted his them in 1913, making his way to American Samoa and finally settling in Hawaii. From 1926 to 1931, Alma was touring country towns with his own illusion show. In 1927 he married his dancing partner, Florence Stemming, but they eventually were divorced in 1947.

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+[[File: WillAlma1.png|right|thumb|200px|[[ Will Alma]]]]
-[[Image:Dps01.gif|left]] The primary source for the [[Diagonal Palm Shift]] (DPS) is, of course, The [[Expert at the Card Table]] by [[Erdnase | S. W. Erdnase]].  It is believed that the author of this seminal work invented the Diagonal Palm Shift.  Unfortunately, existing descriptions of the DPS (including this one, without a doubt) suffer from the fact that the move requires somewhat of a “knack.”  To build a comprehensive picture, the serious student is encouraged to study [[Revelations]] and to consult [[Darwin Ortiz]]’ annotations on the move as well as the advice of both [[Roger Klause]] and Pat Cook (found in [[The Annotated Erdnase]]).  The present description will incorporate a number of the elements from these previous authors. ([[Diagonal Palm Shift|More...]])
+'''Will Alma''' (b.1904-d.1993), born Oswald George William Bishop in Malvern, Victoria, Australia, was  described in March 1987 issue of [[The Linking Ring]] as "Australia's most famous magician" and "a successful club and vaudeville magician, manufacturer and dealer, teacher of magic, editor and publisher of conjuring periodicals, a writer and outstanding collector of magicana."
+== Biography ==
+Alma's father was [[Oswald Henry Bishop]], a tinsmith by trade, but also performed professionally as "Alma, the Court Magician" and his mother, Rose, who was Australia's first "floating lady" in 1903.
+Alma began doing magic against his family's wishes, studying [[David Devant]]'s book [[Magic Made Easy]] (1903) while working at engineering firms (which helped him develop the skills in constructing apparatus). His father however deserted his them in 1913, making his way to American Samoa and finally settling in Hawaii.
+From 1926 to 1931, Alma was touring country towns with his own illusion show.
+In 1927 he married his dancing partner, Florence Stemming, but they eventually were divorced in 1947.
+[[Will Alma|Read more about Will Alma…]]

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