Robert-Houdin

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human illusionist magician stage performer

Robert-Houdin was a 19th-century French magician and illusionist widely regarded as the father of modern conjuring.

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Label Occurrences
Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin 1
Robert-Houdin canonical 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf human ⓘ
illusionist ⓘ
magician ⓘ
stage performer ⓘ
birthCountry France ⓘ
birthDate 1805-12-07 ⓘ
birthPlace Blois NERFINISHED ⓘ
burialPlace Blois NERFINISHED ⓘ
causeOfDeath pneumonia ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship France ⓘ
deathDate 1871-06-13 ⓘ
developed innovative stage illusions ⓘ
era 19th century ⓘ
familyName Robert-Houdin NERFINISHED ⓘ
fieldOfWork conjuring ⓘ
mechanical automata ⓘ
stage magic ⓘ
founded Théâtre Robert-Houdin NERFINISHED ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
givenName Jean-Eugène NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasGenre illusionism ⓘ
stage magic ⓘ
influenced Harry Houdini NERFINISHED ⓘ
modern stage magicians ⓘ
introduced evening dress as standard costume for magicians ⓘ
knownFor being the father of modern conjuring ⓘ
creating mechanical automata for performances ⓘ
introducing modern theatrical style to magic performance ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName French ⓘ
name Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin NERFINISHED ⓘ
nationality French ⓘ
nativeLanguage French ⓘ
notableAchievement helped transform magic from fairground entertainment to theatrical art form ⓘ
notableWork Secrets of Conjuring and Magic NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Memoirs of Robert-Houdin NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupation author ⓘ
clockmaker ⓘ
illusionist ⓘ
inventor ⓘ
magician ⓘ
participatedIn French mission to Algeria using magic for political purposes ⓘ
performedAt Théâtre Robert-Houdin NERFINISHED ⓘ
residence Blois NERFINISHED ⓘ
Paris ⓘ
spouse Joséphine Cécile Houdin NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedNameAsInspirationFor stage name of Harry Houdini ⓘ

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Blois → notablePersonBornHere → Robert-Houdin ⓘ
Houdini → inspiredBy → Robert-Houdin ⓘ
subject surface form: Harry Houdini
this entity surface form: Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin