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Jack Lippincott
BornJohn Wright Lippincott
October 14, 1909
St. Louis, Missouri
DiedOctober 15, 1994 (age 85)

Jack Lippincott was an amateur magician and professor of psychology at Washington University in St. Louis.

Lippincott invented a device for vanishing or producing a small object known now as "The Lippincott Box." It was first marketed by the Max Holden Magic Shop in 1949 as "Quarter Go."

He was a long time member of the IBM, served as president of Ring 1 and wrote various articles for the Linking Ring.[1]

References

  1. IN MEMORIUM (lists date of death), Linking Ring, September, 1995