Stewart James
Stewart James | |
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| Born | John George Stewart James May 14, 1908 |
| Died | November 5, 1996 (aged 88) |
Stewart James (May 14, 1908 – November 5, 1996) was a Canadian postman who became one of magic's most prolific inventors.[1] He spent most of his life in Courtright, Ontario.[2]
Biography
[edit]Stewart James was highly respected for his creativity and invention of magic tricks; inventions of James's are used by many magicians despite his low name recognition[3]: 265 Martin Gardner described him as "a magician who has probably devised more high-quality mathematical card tricks than anyone who ever lived".[4]: 35 James ran a publishing company named Jogestja, Ltd.
Books
[edit]- One More Thought on Cards (1955)
- Compiled and edited the Abbott Encyclopedia of Rope Tricks
- Abbott's Encyclopedia of Rope Tricks, Vol. 1 (1941)
- Abbott's Encyclopedia of Rope Tricks, Vol. 2 (1968)
- Abbott's Encyclopedia of Rope Tricks, Vol. 3 (1980)
- Stewart James in Print: The First 50 Years (1989), edited by P. Howard Lyons and Allan Slaight
- The James File, Vol. 1 and 2 (2000) by Allan Slaight, contains nearly 1700 pages of Stewart James's magic.
- The Essential Stewart James (2007)
Awards
[edit]- The Academy of Magical Arts Creative Fellowship (1981)[5]
References
[edit]- ↑ Warlock, Elizabeth (May 1990). "Our Side of the Pond". The Linking Ring. 70 (5): 100.
- ↑ Beam, Steve (November 2007). "No Oxymoron". MUM. 97: 74–75.
- ↑ Randi, James (1992). Conjuring. New York: St. Martin's Press. ISBN 0-312-08634-2. OCLC 26162991.
- ↑ Gardner, Martin (2008). Origami, Eleusis, and the Soma cube : Martin Gardner's mathematical diversions. Martin Gardner, Mathematical Association of America. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-75610-5. OCLC 213601602.
- ↑ "Hall of Fame". The Academy of Magical Arts.
Further reading
[edit]- James Bibliography, Ibidem #22 (October 1960), and reprinted in Ibidem, Vol. 2 (2001).
- Cover Linking Ring, November 1990.
- Cover Genii 1991 March
- Obit - Genii 1996 November
- The Life and Magic of Stewart James online exhibition
- David Ben post on Genii
- Tuenter, Hans J. H. (December 2024). "Combinatorial Analysis of a Classic Card Trick". Mathematics Magazine. 97 (5): 551–558. doi:10.1080/0025570X.2024.2402197. MR 4839871.
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