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Barnardo Eagle
| Barnardo Eagle | |
| Born | George Barnard EAGLE 18 Dec 1806 St Mary The Virgin, Monken Hadley, Middlesex, England: |
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| Died | 5 May 1858 (age Expression error: Unrecognized word "may".) The Pollett, Guernesey, Channel Islands |
Barnardo Eagle (c.1800-c.1870), born George Barnard EAGLE, who also went by Na Barno, was a minor conjurer of the first half of the nineteenth century.[1] He married Jane HOWELL on 17 Feb 1833 at St Stephen Coleman Street, England. They had 5 childs : Georgina Elizabeth, born 1835, died on 7 march 1911 in Hornsey, Middlesex, England.
Biography
Eagle, known as Barney, is chiefly remembered for his shameless copying of the tricks of John Henry Anderson, 'The Great Wizard of the North'. Eagle copied Anderson's Gun Trick, "Great Gun Delusion" and exposed the secret of the Gun Trick in a book. Eagle, who appropriated even Anderson's title, published a pamphlet The Life and History of the Royal Wizard of the South (circa 1840) on the long, flamboyant title-page of which he described himself as a Professor of Experimental Philosophy.[2]
Houdini lists this performer in his book "Unmasking of Robert-Houdin and was one of the the first to note that Eagle was illiterate.[3]
He toured Australia in 1856. He taught his daughter Georgiana Eagle, who performed a second sight act.
Books
- Banardo's Hand-Book of Magic, or Life and History of the Royal Wizard of the South (c. 1846)
References
- ↑ Magical Nights at the Theatre by Charles Waller (1980)
- ↑ Old Conjuring Books by Trevor H. Hall (1972)
- ↑ Twelve Have Died Bullet Catching The Story & Secrets by Ben Robinson and Larry White (1986)
