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'''Leon Herrmann''' (1867 - 1909) traveled with his uncle [[Compars Herrmann]] as a boy.<ref>[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9D01E6DA1F31E132A25750C0A9679C94669ED7CF "HERRMANN'S SUCCESSOR HERE; Leon, the Nephew of the Dead Magician, in New York", New York Times January 3, 1897]</ref> | '''Leon Herrmann''' (1867 - 1909) traveled with his uncle [[Compars Herrmann]] as a boy.<ref>[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9D01E6DA1F31E132A25750C0A9679C94669ED7CF "HERRMANN'S SUCCESSOR HERE; Leon, the Nephew of the Dead Magician, in New York", New York Times January 3, 1897]</ref> | ||
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He moved to the United States to continue his Uncle [[Alexander Herrmann]]'s show after his death with his Aunt [[Adelaide Herrmann]], billing himself as '''Herrmann III'''<ref>AMERICAN NOTES by Henry R. Evans, Stanyon's Magic (July 1904)</ref> | He moved to the United States to continue his Uncle [[Alexander Herrmann]]'s show after his death with his Aunt [[Adelaide Herrmann]], billing himself as '''Herrmann III'''<ref>AMERICAN NOTES by Henry R. Evans, Stanyon's Magic (July 1904)</ref> | ||
Revision as of 18:18, 23 March 2014
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| Born | March 13, 1867 Paris, France |
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| Died | May 16, 1909 (age 42) Paris, France |
Leon Herrmann (1867 - 1909) traveled with his uncle Compars Herrmann as a boy.[1]
Biography
He moved to the United States to continue his Uncle Alexander Herrmann's show after his death with his Aunt Adelaide Herrmann, billing himself as Herrmann III[2]
His wife Marie Herrmann was known as the "Queen of Illusions" for her numerous illusions that she performed in connection with her husband.[3][4]
He was on the cover of Mahatma, Vol 2., No. 4 (November 1898).
References
- ↑ "HERRMANN'S SUCCESSOR HERE; Leon, the Nephew of the Dead Magician, in New York", New York Times January 3, 1897
- ↑ AMERICAN NOTES by Henry R. Evans, Stanyon's Magic (July 1904)
- ↑ Sphinx, December 1907 (cover)
- ↑ Obit, Sphinx, June 1909
