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'''Ravelli''' (1936-2014), the stage name of Ron Wohl, was a contributor to [[Ibidem]] and mathematical tricks in [[Martin Gardner]]'s books.
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'''Ravelli''' (1936-2014), the stage name of '''Ron Wohl''', was a contributor to [[Ibidem]] and mathematical tricks in [[Martin Gardner]]'s books.
  
 
== Biography ==
 
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* Cover, Magische Welt, Vol. 5, No. 2, März-April 1956, Unser Titelbild, Ravelli, page 37
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* Cover, Magische Welt, Vol. 32, No. 5, September-Oktober 1983, Interview Dr. Ronald Wohl – Raveili – Witt, page 241
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* Magische Welt, Vol. 52, No. 3, Juni 2003, Kaleidoskop: Ravelli in Berlin, by Manfred Bacia, page 133
 
* The School for Scoundrels, Notes on Three-Card Monte by Whit Haydn (2001), Ronald A. Wohl, page 183
 
* The School for Scoundrels, Notes on Three-Card Monte by Whit Haydn (2001), Ronald A. Wohl, page 183
 
* Aziz and Beyond by Hermetic Press, Inc., Seattle (2002), Unrevealing Ravelli by MAX MAVEN, page 76  
 
* Aziz and Beyond by Hermetic Press, Inc., Seattle (2002), Unrevealing Ravelli by MAX MAVEN, page 76  
* http://www.magicpromotionclub.ch/Kurzbio/Kurzbiografien%20alphabetisch%20bisher%20P-R.htm , Ravelli (Ronald Wohl), CH  (1936 –  ) 
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* [[Genii 2014 October|Genii Magazine, Vol. 77, No. 10, October 2014]], In Memoriam, Ronald A. Wohl November 25, 1936 - July 7, 2014, page 13
 
* http://archive.denisbehr.de/show.php?people=1262
 
* http://archive.denisbehr.de/show.php?people=1262
 
* http://forums.geniimagazine.com/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=44875
 
* http://forums.geniimagazine.com/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=44875
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Revision as of 13:38, 3 September 2015

Ravelli
BornRonald A. Wohl
November 25, 1936
Basel, Switzerland
DiedJuly 7, 2014 (age 77)
Morris Plains, New Jersey

Ravelli (1936-2014), the stage name of Ron Wohl, was a contributor to Ibidem and mathematical tricks in Martin Gardner's books.

Biography

He attended Yale University and was a member of the chemistry faculty at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey in the 1960s.

References