Stewart James
Stewart James | |
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Born | John George Stewart James May 14, 1908 Courtright, Ontario |
Died | November 5, 1996 |
Nationality | Canadian |
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
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
- 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
- The Academy of Magical Arts Creative Fellowship (1981)[5]
References
- ^ 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.
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Further reading
- 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
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Academy of Magical Arts Creative Fellowship
- 1968: Ed Marlo
- 1969: U.F. Grant
- 1970: Robert Harbin
- 1971: Alex Elmsley
- 1972: Joe Berg
- 1973: Paul Fox
- 1974: Anverdi, U.F. Grant
- 1975: Alan Wakeling
- 1976: Paul Curry
- 1977: Charles Reynolds
- 1978: Edmund Spreer, Robert Stull
- 1979: Ali Bongo
- 1980: Ken Brooke, Brother John Hamman
- 1981: Stewart James
- 1982: Ross Bertram, Jack Chanin
- 1983: John Gaughan
- 1984: Karrell Fox
- 1985: Sam Berland
- 1986: Gil Leaney
- 1987: Jerry Andrus
- 1988: Tenyo Company
- 1989: Dick Zimmerman
- 1990: Jim Steinmeyer
- 1991: Don Wayne
- 1992: Herb Zarrow
- 1993: Pat Page
- 1994: Larry Jennings
- 1995: Finn Jon
- 1996: John Kennedy
- 1997: Max Maven
- 1998: David Roth
- 1999: Gaëtan Bloom
- 2000: Ted Lesley
- 2001: Pavel
- 2001: Nick Trost
- 2003: Georges Proust
- 2004: Kevin James
- 2005: Eberhard Riese
- 2006: Paul Harris
- 2007: Steve Dusheck
- 2008: Pierre Mayer
- 2009: Michael Weber
- 2010: Dean Dill
- 2011: Lubor Fiedler
- 2012: Paul Kieve
- 2013: David Regal
- 2014: Mark Setteducati
- 2015: Tom Stone
- 2016: Sebastien Clergue
- 2017: Chris Kenner
- 2018: Lennart Green
- 2019: Angelo Carbone