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    Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ øʒɛn ʁɔbɛʁ udɛ̃]; 7 December 1805 – 13 June 1871) was a French watchmaker, magician and illusionist...
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  • Houdin is a French surname. Notable people with the surname include: Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin (1805–1871), French watchmaker, magician, and illusionist...
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  • Dezeimeris (1799-1852), French librarian Jean-Eugène Fromageau (1822-1897), French architect Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin (1805-1871), French magician This disambiguation...
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    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...
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    Robert-Houdin—multi-talented illusionist, prestidigitator, inventor, clockmaker and maker of automatons. In 1981, descendants of Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin left...
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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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  • 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...
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    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...
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