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| birth_name = Benjamin R. Badley | | birth_name = Benjamin R. Badley | ||
| birth_day = | | birth_day = December 26, | ||
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| birth_place = Baton Rouge, Louisiana | | birth_place = Baton Rouge, Louisiana | ||
| death_day = | | death_day = September 29, | ||
| death_year = | | death_year = 1950 | ||
| death_place = St. Louis, Missouri | | death_place = St. Louis, Missouri | ||
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'''Devo, Ben Badley, the Magician from Dixieland''' traveled for some years in the South specializing in mesmerism and muscle-reading.<ref>History of Conjuring and Magic by Henry Ridgely Evans (1928)</ref> | '''Devo, Ben Badley, the Magician from Dixieland''' traveled for some years in the South specializing in mesmerism and muscle-reading.<ref>[[History of Conjuring and Magic]] by Henry Ridgely Evans (1928)</ref> | ||
He began performing professionally in 1911 and was a photo engraver by profession.<ref>Who's Who in Magic, Sphinx, March 1931</ref> | He began performing professionally in 1911 and was a photo engraver by profession.<ref>Who's Who in Magic, Sphinx, March 1931</ref> | ||
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radio. <ref>Tops, July 1943, page 23</ref> | radio. <ref>Tops, July 1943, page 23</ref> | ||
In 1943 he helped start the St. Louis Society of Magicians and contributed articles to the [[Sphinx]. <ref>Cover, Linking Ring, January 1940</ref><ref>Obit, Linking Ring, November, 1950</ref> | In 1943 he helped start the St. Louis Society of Magicians and contributed articles to the [[Sphinx]]. <ref>Cover, [[Linking Ring]], January 1940</ref><ref>Obit, Linking Ring, November, 1950</ref> | ||
A charter member and an active leader in both IBM Ring One and SAM Assemby 8, he was responsible for re-chartering and re-activating the latter. | A charter member and an active leader in both IBM Ring One and SAM Assemby 8, he was responsible for re-chartering and re-activating the latter. | ||
Revision as of 10:25, 26 December 2010
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| Born | Benjamin R. Badley December 26, 1895 Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
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| Died | September 29, 1950 (age 54) St. Louis, Missouri |
Devo, Ben Badley, the Magician from Dixieland traveled for some years in the South specializing in mesmerism and muscle-reading.[1]
He began performing professionally in 1911 and was a photo engraver by profession.[2] At age 18, he joined a touring hypnotist, moving to St. Louis in 1916.
In 1927, Badley became one of the first person to present hypnotism over radio. [3]
In 1943 he helped start the St. Louis Society of Magicians and contributed articles to the Sphinx. [4][5]
A charter member and an active leader in both IBM Ring One and SAM Assemby 8, he was responsible for re-chartering and re-activating the latter.
He was awarded the St. Louis Magical Heritage Award in 1995.
References
- ↑ History of Conjuring and Magic by Henry Ridgely Evans (1928)
- ↑ Who's Who in Magic, Sphinx, March 1931
- ↑ Tops, July 1943, page 23
- ↑ Cover, Linking Ring, January 1940
- ↑ Obit, Linking Ring, November, 1950