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 "Henry R. Evans"
m |
|||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
| − | |||
{{Infobox person | {{Infobox person | ||
| image = HenryREvans.jpg | | image = HenryREvans.jpg | ||
| Line 22: | Line 21: | ||
| misc = | | misc = | ||
}} | }} | ||
| + | '''Dr. Henry Ridgely Evans''' (1861-1949) was an amateur magician specializing in history of magic. | ||
| + | == Biography == | ||
Evans studied law at the University of Maryland, and began a practice in Baltimore City, but soon abandoned the legal profession for journalism. He worked for "The Evening News," "Day," and "Times" of Baltimore, | Evans studied law at the University of Maryland, and began a practice in Baltimore City, but soon abandoned the legal profession for journalism. He worked for "The Evening News," "Day," and "Times" of Baltimore, | ||
| Line 46: | Line 47: | ||
* Some Rare Old Books on Conjuring and Magic (1943) | * Some Rare Old Books on Conjuring and Magic (1943) | ||
| − | + | {{References}} | |
* Cover [[Linking Ring]], Vol. 11, no. 11, January 1932. | * Cover [[Linking Ring]], Vol. 11, no. 11, January 1932. | ||
* Cover Linking Ring, Vol. 24, no. 9, November 1944. | * Cover Linking Ring, Vol. 24, no. 9, November 1944. | ||
Revision as of 18:52, 2 August 2013
| Henry R. Evans | |
 From Magic and Its Professors (1902) | |
| Born | Henry Ridgely Evans November 07, 1861 Baltimore, Maryland |
|---|---|
| Died | March 29, 1949 (age 87) Baltimore, Maryland |
| Resting place | Oak Hill Cemetery in Washington (lot 610 East) |
| Categories | Books by Henry R. Evans |
Dr. Henry Ridgely Evans (1861-1949) was an amateur magician specializing in history of magic.
Contents
Biography
Evans studied law at the University of Maryland, and began a practice in Baltimore City, but soon abandoned the legal profession for journalism. He worked for "The Evening News," "Day," and "Times" of Baltimore,
He only occasionally performed in public for charitable purposes. His interest in magic and occultism led him to investigate spiritualism, which he expressed his views on the subject in his book "Hours with the Ghosts or Nineteenth Century Witchcraft: Illustrated investigations into the phenomena of spiritualism and theosophy."
He died at Union Memorial Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland.[1][2]
Honors
- Cover of Mahatma Vol 4, No. 5 (November,1900)
Books
- Hours with the Ghosts, Or, Nineteenth Century Witchcraft (1897)
- Magic and Its Professors (1902)
- The Spirit World Unmasked (1902)
- The Old and the New Magic (1906)
- The House of the Sphinx (1907)
- Adventures in Magic (1927)
- The History of Conjuring and Magic (1928)
- Cagliostro and his Egyptian Rite of Freemasonry (1930)
- A Master of Modern Magic: The Life and Adventures of Robert-Houdin (1932)
- Edgar Allen Poe and Baron von Kempelen's Chess-Playing Automaton (1939)
- Some Rare Old Books on Conjuring and Magic (1943)
References
- Cover Linking Ring, Vol. 11, no. 11, January 1932.
- Cover Linking Ring, Vol. 24, no. 9, November 1944.
- Bat No. 65, May 1949, page 490
- http://www.miraclefactory.net/evanscontents.htm
- DR. HENRY RIDGELY EVANS An Appreciation of the Man and His Work By H. Adrian Smith, Linking Ring, May 1949</ref>
