Help us get to over 8,749 articles in 2024.
If you know of a magician not listed in MagicPedia, start a New Biography for them. Contact us at magicpediahelp@gmail.com
Difference between revisions of "Harry Whiteley"
From Magicpedia, the free online encyclopedia for magicians by magicians.
(Created page with "{{Infobox person | image = Whiteley.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = Cover March 1905 | birt...") |
m |
||
(2 intermediate revisions by the same user not shown) | |||
Line 21: | Line 21: | ||
| misc = | | misc = | ||
}} | }} | ||
− | '''Harry Whiteley''' was the manager of the Manchester Conjuring Trick Works and ran a circulating library for magicians.<ref>HARRY WHITELEY: WHAT'S IN A NAME? By Eddie Dawes, MUM, MAY, 1985</ref> | + | '''Harry Whiteley''' (1875-1945) was the manager of the [[Manchester Conjuring Trick Works]] and ran a circulating library for magicians.<ref>HARRY WHITELEY: WHAT'S IN A NAME? By Eddie Dawes, MUM, MAY, 1985</ref> |
+ | == Biography == | ||
He hosted a congregation for conjurers each Sunday evening which became known as "Whiteley's Varieties". | He hosted a congregation for conjurers each Sunday evening which became known as "Whiteley's Varieties". | ||
Whiteley contributed to the [[Sphinx]] as a correspondent under the column "English Notes" from 1904 to 1907. | Whiteley contributed to the [[Sphinx]] as a correspondent under the column "English Notes" from 1904 to 1907. | ||
− | He was said to be good at sleight-of-hand | + | He was said to be good at sleight-of-hand, performed occasionally and claimed to be the inventor of the back and front continuous palm, which has never been proven.<ref>109. WHITELEY'S VARIETIES - MAGIC IN MANCHESTER, Magic Circular No 78 (1984)</ref> |
− | + | == Books == | |
− | + | ||
− | == Books | + | |
Written: | Written: | ||
− | * Miracles of Modern Magic (1905) | + | * [[Miracles of Modern Magic]] (1905) |
Published: | Published: | ||
* [[Problems in Mystery]] by [[Max Sterling]] (1909) | * [[Problems in Mystery]] by [[Max Sterling]] (1909) | ||
{{References}} | {{References}} | ||
+ | * http://magicpostcards.wordpress.com/2010/10/25/harry-whiteley/ | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
{{DEFAULTSORT:Whiteley,Harry}} | {{DEFAULTSORT:Whiteley,Harry}} |
Latest revision as of 19:54, 17 August 2014
Harry Whiteley | |
Cover March 1905 | |
Born | Henry Whiteley Cunliffe December 1, 1875 Hulme, Manchester |
---|---|
Died | April 22, 1945 (age 69) |
Harry Whiteley (1875-1945) was the manager of the Manchester Conjuring Trick Works and ran a circulating library for magicians.[1]
Biography
He hosted a congregation for conjurers each Sunday evening which became known as "Whiteley's Varieties".
Whiteley contributed to the Sphinx as a correspondent under the column "English Notes" from 1904 to 1907.
He was said to be good at sleight-of-hand, performed occasionally and claimed to be the inventor of the back and front continuous palm, which has never been proven.[2]
Books
Written:
- Miracles of Modern Magic (1905)
Published:
- Problems in Mystery by Max Sterling (1909)
References
- ↑ HARRY WHITELEY: WHAT'S IN A NAME? By Eddie Dawes, MUM, MAY, 1985
- ↑ 109. WHITELEY'S VARIETIES - MAGIC IN MANCHESTER, Magic Circular No 78 (1984)