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Alexander Davis

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Alexander Davis
BornW. Alexander Davis
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Britain
Died?
Flourished1880s-1890s

Alexander Davis (fl. 1880s-1890s) was a professional ventriloquist magician from Britain.

Biography

Davis invented the four door sucker version of the Die Box and first performed it in the United States around 1886.[1] Davis sold the manufacturing rights to Otto Maurer who began marketing it in 1887 as the "Most Wonderful Dice Trick".

Books

  • Most versatile, original and only Alex. Davis

References

  1. Billboard, Magic and Magicians, William Hilliar