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Abbott, David Phelps, 1863-1934

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For the longrunning American magic convention, see Abbott's Get Together.

David Phelps Abbott (1836 - 1934) was a magician, author and inventor who created such effects as the floating ball, later made famous by Okito. The best known of the books he wrote is Behind the Scenes With the Mediums (1907), considered to be one of the best exposures of the methods used by psychics.

References

Who's Who in Magic History
Brief Biography at The Magic Nook
David P. Abbott and the Notorious Bangs Sisters by Todd Carr. An excerpt from House of Mystery: The Magic Science of David P. Abbott Edited by Teller and Todd Karr. Retrieved on 2007-03-12.

External links

Works by David Phelps Abbott at Project Gutenberg

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History of magic · Timeline of magic · Magic tricks · Parlor magic · Card magic · Street magic · Mentalism · Coin magic · Escapology · Exposure of magic tricks · Intellectual rights to magic methods · Professional magicians · List of conjuring terms · List of magic tricks

This biographical information was gathered from the David_Phelps_Abbott page, courtesy of the Wikipedia project.

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