Ellis Stanyon

Infobox_Person
Name = Ellis Stanyon
Birth_name = Ellis Stanyon
nationality = British
known_for = sleight of Hand, coin magic
Alias = Ellis Stanyon
birth_place = Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire, Englandflagicon|United Kingdom Born 1870
death_cause = natural causes
occupation = magician
death_date = 1951

History

William Ellis Stanyon (January 1870 - September 1951) was a professional magician and magic dealer in London. [cite web |url=http://www.lybrary.com/ellis-stanyon-m-104.html |title=Ellis Stanyon]

He also published-edited Stanyon's Magic. [cite web |url=http://geniimagazine.com/wiki/index.php/Ellis_Stanyon |title=Ellis Stanyon Magicpedia Entry] In the first issue of Magic he set out his intention which was to‚ 'popularize the Art of Sleight of Hand'. It was first published in October 1900 and ran for 177 issues with a break during the 1914-1918 war and the final issue was published in June 1920.

Published Works

*MAGIC
*CONJURING FOR AMATEURS
*CONJURING WITH CARDS
*HAND SHADOWS
*NEW COIN TRICKS (two vols.)
*NEW HANDKERCHIEF TRICKS
*NEW CARD TRICKS
*NEW MISCELLANEOUS TRICKS
*NEW JUGGLING TRICKS

See also

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

External links

*
* [http://magicref.tripod.com/bookssz/stanyonellismagic.htm Ellis Stanyon MAGIC bibliography]
* [http://www.juggling.org/papers/stanyon/new-juggling-tricks.html New Juggling Tricks, Stanyon, 1901]

References