Help us get to over 8,749 articles in 2024.

If you know of a magician not listed in MagicPedia, start a New Biography for them. Contact us at magicpediahelp@gmail.com

Difference between revisions of "Nishan Amdounian"

From Magicpedia, the free online encyclopedia for magicians by magicians.
Jump to: navigation, search
(Created page with "{{Infobox person | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | b...")
 
(link)
 
(2 intermediate revisions by one other user not shown)
Line 7: Line 7:
 
| birth_day                = September 15,  
 
| birth_day                = September 15,  
 
| birth_year                =  1888   
 
| birth_year                =  1888   
| birth_place              = United States
+
| birth_place              = Erzurum, Turkey
 
| death_day                = December 27,   
 
| death_day                = December 27,   
 
| death_year                =  1935  
 
| death_year                =  1935  
Line 27: Line 27:
 
Amdounian was [[I.B.M.]] No. 801, attended the [[St. Louis Ring No. 1]] meetings, and [[S.A.M.]] No. 1235<ref>MUM, February, 1925</ref>[[File:EnchnatedCardSlide.jpg|thumb|right|300px]]
 
Amdounian was [[I.B.M.]] No. 801, attended the [[St. Louis Ring No. 1]] meetings, and [[S.A.M.]] No. 1235<ref>MUM, February, 1925</ref>[[File:EnchnatedCardSlide.jpg|thumb|right|300px]]
  
Amdounian was the inventor of the "Enchanted Card Slide" as sold by [[Joe Berg]] and [[Max Holden]].<ref>Linking Ring, January 1936</ref>
+
He was the inventor of the "Enchanted Card Slide", which was sold by [[Joe Berg]] and [[Max Holden]].<ref>Linking Ring, January 1936</ref>
  
In 1934, he was mentioned in [[The Sphinx]] attending the  Rhode Island S.A.M. Assembly.<ref>The Sphinx, May 12, 1934</ref>
+
In 1934, Amdounian was mentioned in [[The Sphinx]] attending the  Rhode Island S.A.M. Assembly.<ref>The Sphinx, May 12, 1934</ref>
 +
 
 +
The 1920 census, lists his occupation as a barber and birth place as Turkey.<ref>http://arslanmb.org/ArmenianImmigrants/Public-ViewSummary-ArmenianImmigrants-Censuses-ByLastName.php?SelectLastName=Amdounian&Staging=</ref><ref>http://arslanmb.org/ArmenianImmigrants/Military-ByRegistrantNameStd-Summary.pdf</ref>
  
 
{{References}}
 
{{References}}
 
{{DEFAULTSORT:Amdounian,Nishan}}
 
{{DEFAULTSORT:Amdounian,Nishan}}
 +
[[de:Nishan Amdounian]]

Latest revision as of 17:22, 27 August 2021

Nishan Amdounian
BornSeptember 15, 1888
Erzurum, Turkey
DiedDecember 27, 1935 (age 47)
East St. Louis, Illinois

Prof. Nishan Amdounian (1888-1935), often credited in books as Andounian, was a magician and mentalist of note.

Biography

Amdounian was I.B.M. No. 801, attended the St. Louis Ring No. 1 meetings, and S.A.M. No. 1235[1]
EnchnatedCardSlide.jpg

He was the inventor of the "Enchanted Card Slide", which was sold by Joe Berg and Max Holden.[2]

In 1934, Amdounian was mentioned in The Sphinx attending the Rhode Island S.A.M. Assembly.[3]

The 1920 census, lists his occupation as a barber and birth place as Turkey.[4][5]

References

  1. MUM, February, 1925
  2. Linking Ring, January 1936
  3. The Sphinx, May 12, 1934
  4. http://arslanmb.org/ArmenianImmigrants/Public-ViewSummary-ArmenianImmigrants-Censuses-ByLastName.php?SelectLastName=Amdounian&Staging=
  5. http://arslanmb.org/ArmenianImmigrants/Military-ByRegistrantNameStd-Summary.pdf