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Known as "Bill" to his friends, Ransom began his interest in magic when, as a small boy, he saw a performance by [[Signor Blitz]]. He never gave professional performances but did helped many professional magicians improve their apparatus mechanically. | Known as "Bill" to his friends, Ransom began his interest in magic when, as a small boy, he saw a performance by [[Signor Blitz]]. He never gave professional performances but did helped many professional magicians improve their apparatus mechanically. | ||
| − | Ransom died at his home in New Jersey.<ref>Obit [[Sphinx]], April, 1941</ref><ref>Obit [[Genii 1941 April]]</ref> | + | Ransom died at his home in New Jersey.<ref>Obit [[Sphinx]], April, 1941</ref><ref>Obit [[Genii 1941 April]]</ref><ref>http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bedient/pafg111.htm</ref> |
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| William A. Ransom | |
| Born | William Albert Ransom May 5, 1860 Smyrna, Delaware |
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| Died | March 2, 1941 (age 80) Rahway, New Jersey |
William A. Ransom (c. 1860 - 1941), an Executive Secretary to railroad businessmen and later became head of a big department for one of the railways, was president of The Society of American Magicians in 1909.[1]
Known as "Bill" to his friends, Ransom began his interest in magic when, as a small boy, he saw a performance by Signor Blitz. He never gave professional performances but did helped many professional magicians improve their apparatus mechanically.
Ransom died at his home in New Jersey.[2][3][4]
- See also: Elmer P. Ransom and Thomas S. Ransom
References
- ↑ Cover Sphinx, July 1909
- ↑ Obit Sphinx, April, 1941
- ↑ Obit Genii 1941 April
- ↑ http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bedient/pafg111.htm
