Ralph W. Hull

Infobox_Person
Name = Ralph W. Hull
Background = close up magician,card magic
Birth_name = Ralph W. Hull
nationality = American
known_for = sleight of Hand, card magic
Alias = Ralph W. Hull
birth_place = Crooksville, Ohioflagicon|Ohio Born July 5th, 1883
death_cause = natural causes
occupation = magician, author
death_date = May 20th, 1943

History

Ralph W. Hull (July 5th, 1883 - May 20th, 1943) was born in Crooksville, Ohio [cite web |url=http://74.125.113.104/search?q=cache:ONagKmap-b8J:ase.tufts.edu/cogstud/papers/explainingmagic.pdf |title=Explaining the 'Magic' of Consciousness] and grew up to be an American magician (specialty card magic) and magic author who invented a number of commercial effects, including the Mirage Deck (1934), and the Mental Photography Deck / Nudist Deck (1934). [cite web |url=http://www.magicnook.com/forum/bioHIJ.htm |title=Biographies Page H-I-J]

He was also involved in his family business, the well known Hull Pottery manufacturing company out of Ohio. [cite web |url=http://www.magictricks.com/bios/whoswho-h.htm#HullRalph |title=Who's Who in Magic - Letter H] He is best know for the mechanical decks he developed using his rough and smooth principle. [cite web |url=http://geniimagazine.com/wiki/index.php/Ralph_W._Hull |title=Ralph W. Hull MagicPedia entry]

Ralph W. Hull was also a performer at Coney Island as the Chautauqua & Lyceum headliner. [cite web |url=http://www.floraco.com/lyceum/ |title=Chautauqua & Lyceum Magicians]

Published Works

* Eye-Openers (1932)
* More Eye-Openers (1933)
* Modernism in Pasteboards (with Nelson C. Hahne) (1934)
* Smart Magic (with Nelson C. Hahne) (1935)
* Fifteen Minutes With A Rope (1937)
* The Testament of Ralph W. Hull by Trevor Hall (1945)

ee also

* List of magicians
* Magicians
* Card magic
* Sleight of hand

External links

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* [http://paxarcana.wordpress.com/2008/07/25/brain-magic/ Discussion of the Ralph Hull's Tuned Deck]

References