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− | An assistant commercial vice-president of General Electric, Zufall was a former instructor in necromancy at the Y.M.C.A. and a member of the [[S.A.M.]] and [[I.B.M.]].<ref>Who's Who in Magic, [[Sphinx]], | + | == Biography == |
+ | An assistant commercial vice-president of General Electric, Zufall was a former instructor in necromancy at the Y.M.C.A. and a member of the [[S.A.M.]] and [[I.B.M.]].<ref>Who's Who in Magic, [[Sphinx]], August, 1934</ref><ref>http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/SSDI/individual_record.asp?recid=061030835&lds=3®ion=-1®ionfriendly=&frompage=99</Ref> | ||
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Born | Bernard Zufall June 6, 1894 New York City |
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Died | January 1971 (age 76) Forrest Hills, Queens, New York City |
Bernard Zufall (1894-1971) was a semi-professional performer and memory expert who billed himself as the "Human Encyclopedia".
Biography
An assistant commercial vice-president of General Electric, Zufall was a former instructor in necromancy at the Y.M.C.A. and a member of the S.A.M. and I.B.M..[1][2]
Zufall amassed, at the time, the world's largest collection of mnemonic literature, containing more than a thousand different titles (from as early as 1466 AD). The collection was given to Yale University Library, in New Haven, Connecticut. A description of this collection was given by H. Adrian Smith, in The Linking Ring, June, 1939.[3]
He was a member of the Carl Rosini SAM Assembly No. 82 (Clearwater, Florida), in the 1960s.
Books
- Zufall's Memory Trix. Six volumes (1940):
- Magazine Memorizing.
- Mental File Index.
- Memorizing the Calendar.
- Memorizing a Deck of Playing Cards.
- Memorizing Numbers.
- Memorizing Facts and Figures
References
- ↑ Who's Who in Magic, Sphinx, August, 1934
- ↑ http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/SSDI/individual_record.asp?recid=061030835&lds=3®ion=-1®ionfriendly=&frompage=99
- ↑ Hugard's Magic Monthly June 1955