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Revision as of 16:30, 18 March 2011
Lewis Davenport (1883 - 1961) was a British performer and inventor.
| Lewis Davenport | |
| Born | December 26, 1883 London, England |
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| Died | May 14, 1961 (age 77) |
Established Davenports & Co. in 1898, now one of the oldest family run magic business in the world. As a performer his specialty was the lightning-fast manipulation of solid billiard balls and quick changes.
Lewis was a natural entrepreneur who started the company as a mail-order operation, writing out instructions by hand. He got a printing press around 1905 by putting an ad in the paper saying he was willing to swap a printing press for magic tricks.
Lewis created a very popular version of the mutilated parasol.