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'''Wu Link''', The Magical Mandarin, was a semi-professional club and vaudeville magician specializing in  Chinese effects and illusions.
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'''Wu Ling''' (1896-1969), The Magical Mandarin, was a semi-professional club and vaudeville magician specializing in  Chinese effects and illusions. Also billed as  "The Amazing Mr Wu with The Pagoda Mysteries".  
  
Also billed as  "The Amazing Mr Wu with The Pagoda Mysteries".  An admirer of [[Chung Ling Soo]] he included a Floating Ball made by his friend [[Okito]] (Theo Bamberg).
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== Biography ==
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An admirer of [[Chung Ling Soo]] he included a Floating Ball made by his friend [[Okito]] (Theo Bamberg).
  
He was one of the Founders of the Sheffield Circle in 1920.<ref>Who's Who in Magic, [[Sphinx]], March, 1932</ref>
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He was one of the Founders of the Sheffield Circle in 1920.<ref>[[Sphinx|The Sphinx, Vol. 31. No. 1, March 1932]], Who’s Who in Magic, Richard Ritson, page 26</ref>
  
Ritson was a noted magic collector. He was also a good friend and correspondent of [[Stanley Collins]]. They co-authored  a series called "Chats for Conjuring Cognoscenti" in George Armstrong's [[Wizard]].<ref>Stanley Collins Conjurer Collector and Iconoclast by Edwin A. Dawes (2001)</ref>
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A noted magic collector, he was also a good friend and correspondent of [[Stanley Collins]]. They co-authored  a series called "Chats for Conjuring Cognoscenti" in George Armstrong's [[Wizard]].<ref>Stanley Collins Conjurer Collector and Iconoclast by Edwin A. Dawes (2001)</ref>
  
In 1958, he was made a member of the [[Magic Circle]] Inner Magic Circle with Gold Star. <ref>Obit, Abra, August 16, 1969</ref>
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In 1958, he was made a member of the [[Magic Circle]] Inner Magic Circle with Gold Star. <ref>Goodliffe's Abracadabra, Vol. 48, No. 1229, August 1969, Richard C. Ritson (Wu Ling) (1896-1969), by Bayard Grimshaw, page 99</ref>
  
== References ==
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* Cover, [[Magic Circular|The Magic Circular, Vol. 64, No. 706, October 1969]], Obituary, Richard Carter Ritson (The Amazing Mr. Wu.) 1896-1969, page 3
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* [[Magic Circular|The Magic Circular, Vol. 77, No. 837, August 1983]], Pagoda Mysteries, by Harry Carson, page 191
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* [[Magic Circular|The Magic Circular, Vol. 102, No. 1101, April 2008]], A Rich Cabinet, by Edwin A. Dawes - 354. Richard Ritson: Sheffield's Oriental Magician 'Wu Ling', page 116
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* [[Magic Circular|The Magic Circular, Vol. 102, No. 1102, May 2008]], A Rich Cabinet, by Edwin A. Dawes - 355. Richard 'Dick' Ritson, Historian and Collector, page 144
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* [[Magic Circular|The Magic Circular, Vol. 102, No. 1103, June 2008]], A Rich Cabinet, by Edwin A. Dawes - 356. Richard Ritson: The Final Years of the Pagoda Mysteries, page 180
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* Bio-bibliographisches Lexikon der Zauberkünstler Edition Volker Huber, April 2002, Ritson, Richard Carter „Dick“ = Wu Ling; The amazing Mr. Wu, engl. Zauberkünstler (*01.09.1896 Sheffield, England; †04.08.1969), page 278
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* http://magicpostcards.wordpress.com/2010/10/24/wu-ling/
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* http://magicpostcards.wordpress.com/2010/10/24/wu-ling-2/
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* http://magicpostcards.wordpress.com/2010/10/24/wu-ling-3/
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* http://magicpostcards.wordpress.com/2010/10/24/wu-ling-4/
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Latest revision as of 13:27, 2 November 2016

Wu Ling
BornRichard Ashlurnen Carter Ritson
September 1, 1896
Sheffield, Yorkshire, England
DiedAugust 4, 1969 (age 72)
Sheffield, Yorkshire, England

Wu Ling (1896-1969), The Magical Mandarin, was a semi-professional club and vaudeville magician specializing in Chinese effects and illusions. Also billed as "The Amazing Mr Wu with The Pagoda Mysteries".

Biography

An admirer of Chung Ling Soo he included a Floating Ball made by his friend Okito (Theo Bamberg).

He was one of the Founders of the Sheffield Circle in 1920.[1]

A noted magic collector, he was also a good friend and correspondent of Stanley Collins. They co-authored a series called "Chats for Conjuring Cognoscenti" in George Armstrong's Wizard.[2]

In 1958, he was made a member of the Magic Circle Inner Magic Circle with Gold Star. [3]

References

  1. The Sphinx, Vol. 31. No. 1, March 1932, Who’s Who in Magic, Richard Ritson, page 26
  2. Stanley Collins Conjurer Collector and Iconoclast by Edwin A. Dawes (2001)
  3. Goodliffe's Abracadabra, Vol. 48, No. 1229, August 1969, Richard C. Ritson (Wu Ling) (1896-1969), by Bayard Grimshaw, page 99