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About John Nevil Maskelyne
John Nevil Maskelyne was an English stage magician and inventor of the pay toilet, along with other Victorian-era devices. He worked with magicians George Alfred Cooke and David Devant, and many of his illusions are still performed today. His book Sharps and Flats: A Complete Revelation of the Secrets of Cheating at Games of Chance and Skill is considered a classic overview of card sharp practices. In 1914 he founded the Occult Committee, a group to "investigate claims to supernatural power and to expose fraud".
Everything about John Nevil Maskelyne →- Occupation
- magician, illusionist, inventor, film director
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Born
- December 22, 1839
- Died
- May 18, 1917