Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ øʒɛn ʁɔbɛʁ udɛ̃]; 7 December 1805 – 13 June 1871) was a French watchmaker, magician and illusionist...

Dezeimeris (1799-1852), French librarian Jean-Eugène Fromageau (1822-1897), French architect Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin (1805-1871), French magician This disambiguation...

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...

Houdin is a French surname. Notable people with the surname include: Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin (1805–1871), French watchmaker, magician, and illusionist...

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...

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...

Robert-Houdin—multi-talented illusionist, prestidigitator, inventor, clockmaker and maker of automatons. In 1981, descendants of Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin left...

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...

attending performances at the Théâtre Robert-Houdin, which had been founded by the magician Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin. He also began taking magic lessons...

himself "Harry Houdini", after the French magician Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin, after reading Robert-Houdin's autobiography in 1890. Weiss incorrectly believed...

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...

was never produced commercially.[better source needed] In 1851, Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin publicly demonstrated incandescent light bulbs on his estate in...

writings of the famous French magician Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin. In his Memoirs, written in 1858, Robert-Houdin described a sawing illusion performed...

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...

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...

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...

Listed chronologically John Henry Anderson (Britain, 1860s): 76  Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin (France, 1860s) Alexander Herrmann, stage name Herrmann the Great...

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...

where they have had dramatic realizations. The famous magician Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin (1805–1871) was known for creating automata for his stage shows...

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...

Carl Barks, Jim Henson, Pee-wee Herman, ShowBiz Pizza Place, Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin, the Hamburglar, and Carl W. Stalling as inspirations for his...

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...

prosecutor of the French National Terrorism Prosecution Office Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin, magician, namesake of "Harry Houdini" Pierre Seel, homosexual...

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....

Leopold Döbler, who is seen performing it on a poster in 1842. When Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin of Paris arrived in London to perform, he found that almost all...

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...

adopted his "Harry Houdini" professional name from French magician Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin. "'Francis Houdina' - Search". newspapers.com. Retrieved May 19...

actually more distant. at n° 8, the Théâtre Robert-Houdin, founded by the magician Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin and, in 1888, purchased and directed by Georges...

cruiser-turned-dummy battleship, which Maskalyne christened HMS Houdin after magician Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin, but allowing German observers to see through the camouflage...

decades later". Author Donald Serrell Thomas has asserted that Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin, the French stage magician was refused admission to Home's séances...