Stewart James

Stewart James
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.