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American magician and escape artist [[Harry Houdini]] adopted the stage name of 'Houdini' in honour 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. | Houdini wrote (?) [[The Unmasking of Robert-Houdin]] in 1908. | ||
[[Category:Biographies|Robert-Houdin,Jean]] | [[Category:Biographies|Robert-Houdin,Jean]] | ||
== 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) | |||
== External links and references== | == External links and references== | ||
* [http://www.magicnook.com/forum/bioQRS.htm Brief Biography] at The Magic Nook | * [http://www.magicnook.com/forum/bioQRS.htm Brief Biography] at The Magic Nook | ||
Revision as of 13:35, 15 June 2008
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.
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)
External links and references
- Brief Biography at The Magic Nook