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Prof. Ernst G. A. Agoston

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Prof. Ernst G. A. Agoston
BornErnst G. A. Agoston
October 11th, 1872
Berne, Switzerland
Died?

Prof. Ernst G. A. Agoston, followed in his uncle Chevalier Agoston magic footsteps touring Europe, South America and the United States in the late 1800s.[1]

Biography

Agoston received lessons in the magic arts from his uncle and began performing commenced at the age of 12 years as "The Boy Wonder."

He toured South America between 1888 and 1891 with Rodriguez Hermanos Circus as Wonder Worker, also doing a juggling act and slack wire walking.

He made his way to the United States in 1891, starting in Jacksonville, Florida he visited 28 States.

In 1904, he started his own Vaudeville Agency and Entertainment Bureau in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. After only a year he returned again to performing and later began playing exclusively in Drawing Rooms and Club Work, featuring a blindfolded demonstration in Mental Telepathy.

In 1919, Agoston was in Chicago helping his friend B. L. Gilbert taking care of the Office Work for the Gilbert Magic Company.

References

  1. Magic World February, 1919