E. G. Ervin

E. G. Ervin
Cover of Sphinx (Aug. 1916)
Born	Edward George Ervin August 17, 1875 Dubuque, Iowa
Died	January 7, 1947 (age 71) Kansas City, Missouri
Resting place	Mount Saint Marys Cemetery, Kansas City
Categories	Books by E. G. Ervin

Dr. E(dward) G(eorge) Ervin DDS (1875-1947) was a dentist in Kansas City, Missouri. He was also an amateur magician who invented several tricks. Dr. Ervin had originally been instructed in the art of Magic by William Ellsworth Robinson, a personal friend of Ervin's father. Of Robinson, Ervin said, " A great magician, a kind preceptor. I shall never forget him."

Bibliography

• The Strange Inventions of Dr Ervin by Dariel Fitzkee (1937)
• Club Deceptions no. 1 (1937)
• Club Deceptions no. 2 (1939)
• Club Deceptions no. 3 (1940)
• Club Deceptions no. 4 (1944)
• Club Deceptions revised edition, edited by Ralph W. Read (1947)

Contributions

• Wand Manipulations - Routine & Presentation of Mock Sad Alli in Genii 1937 June
• Animated Grapefruit in Genii 1937 November
• The Ghost Tube in Genii 1937 November
• Glass of Water through the Hat in Genii 1937 December
• The Okito Coin Box in Genii 1938 February
• The Tying and Untying Silk in Genii 1938 March
• One Hand Silk Production in Genii 1938 June
• A Blind Fold Blackboard Test in Genii 1938 August
• Dr. Ervin's Straw Trick in Chap's Scrapbook October 1938
• Impromptu Time Machine in Genii 1938 October
• Dr. Ervin's Psychic Cigarette in Chap's Scrapbook December 1938
• The Die and Frame in Genii 1939 January
• Any Card Called For in Genii 1939 March
• Ice Cube in Genii 1939 May
• The Impossible Coin Fold in Genii 1940 September
• In Reply in Genii 1942 March
• Tobacco Vanish in Genii 1966 April

References

• Cover, The Sphinx, Vol. 15, No. 6, August 1916, E. G. Ervin, D.D.S., page 107
• Genii Magazine, Vol. 11, No. 7, May 1947, Dr. E. G. Ervin Dies…, by Mrs. Edward G. Ervin, page 220
• http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=149168221