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    Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ øʒɛn ʁɔbɛʁ udɛ̃]; 7 December 1805 – 13 June 1871) was a French watchmaker, magician and illusionist...
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  • Houdin is a French surname. Notable people with the surname include: Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin (1805–1871), French watchmaker, magician, and illusionist...
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    performance of stage illusions. Founded by the famous magician Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin in 1845 at No. 164 Galerie Valois as part of the Palais-Royal...
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  • Dezeimeris (1799-1852), French librarian Jean-Eugène Fromageau (1822-1897), French architect Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin (1805-1871), French magician This disambiguation...
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    Robert-Houdin—multi-talented illusionist, prestidigitator, inventor, clockmaker and maker of automatons. In 1981, descendants of Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin left...
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    Modern entertainment magic, as pioneered by 19th-century magician Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin, has become a popular theatrical art form. In the late 19th and...
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    It has also been said that Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin was the inventor of the mystery watch in the 19th century. Robert-Houdin was a watchmaker, like his...
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  • the bullet catch. This practice goes back at least as far as Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin, who used hollow wax bullets colored to resemble lead balls. When...
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    attending performances at the Théâtre Robert-Houdin, which had been founded by the magician Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin. He also began taking magic lessons...
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    fascinated with magic at age 14, Heller began copying his idol Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin, from whom he adopted his first name. Heller left his scholarship...
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    Carl Barks, Jim Henson, Pee-wee Herman, ShowBiz Pizza Place, Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin, the Hamburglar, and Carl W. Stalling as inspirations for his...
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    that purported to be the story of the Turk from French magician Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin. This was rife with errors ranging from dates of events to a story...
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  • successful career as a noted magician. Eisengrim is to portray Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin in a television movie. During lulls in the filming, he recounts...
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  • an actual 1856 event where the French government sent magician Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin to quell an uprising in Algeria begun by an alleged sorcerer....
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    himself "Harry Houdini", after the French magician Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin, after reading Robert-Houdin's autobiography in 1890. Weiss incorrectly believed...
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  • Listed chronologically John Henry Anderson (Britain, 1860s): 76  Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin (France, 1860s) Alexander Herrmann, stage name Herrmann the Great...
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    Sweden, and France. Bosco later set up a theatre in Paris.: 94  Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin admired Bosco's skills with cups and balls, but was disgusted...
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    filaments. His invention was never produced commercially. In 1851, Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin publicly demonstrated incandescent light bulbs on his estate in...
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    where they have had dramatic realizations. The famous magician Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin (1805–1871) was known for creating automata for his stage shows...
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    theater of Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin, himself a famous automaton builder, had built several between 1885 and 1888 in imitation of Robert-Houdin. According...
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  • immigrant-family name. He picked the given name "Robert" in honor of the 19th-century French magician Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin, widely considered the father of modern-style...
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    down the grain. When the stage magician and automaton builder Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin examined the duck in 1844, he found that Vaucanson had faked the...
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    writings of the famous French magician Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin. In his Memoirs, written in 1858, Robert-Houdin described a sawing illusion performed...
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    is played by the protagonist in the 2022 video game Pentiment. Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin. Les tricheries des Grecs dévoilées: l'art de gagner à tous les...
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  • who are producing a biographical film about the great magician Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin for the BBC. They are headed by the world-famous Swedish director...
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    those below. In October 2003, the FFAP awarded him the gold medal Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin at the Aix-les-Bains Congress. On July 5, 2005, he received the...
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  • adopted his "Harry Houdini" professional name from French magician Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin. "'Francis Houdina' - Search". newspapers.com. Retrieved May 19...
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    after him. de Kolta was a contemporary of fellow French magician Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin. He was highly creative and developed illusions using his engineering...
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  • prosecutor of the French National Terrorism Prosecution Office Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin, magician, namesake of "Harry Houdini" Pierre Seel, homosexual...
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    England in June 1865. Magicians including John Henry Anderson and Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin worked to expose the Davenport Brothers, writing exposés and performing...
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