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'''Bernard Morris Leon Ernst''' (March 17, 1879 - November 28, 1938) most well known as '''Bernard M. L. Ernst''' was an American [[lawyer]], [[Magic (illusion)|magician]] and associate of [[Harry Houdini]].<ref name="White 1977">White, James Terry. (1977). ''The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography''. Volume 57. p. 350-352</ref> |
'''Bernard Morris Leon Ernst''' (March 17, 1879 - November 28, 1938) most well known as '''Bernard M. L. Ernst''' was an American [[lawyer]], [[Magic (illusion)|magician]] and associate of [[Harry Houdini]].<ref>Schwarz, Julius Caesar. (1937). ''Who's Who in Law, Volume 1''. J. C. Schwarz. p. 289</ref><ref name="White 1977">White, James Terry. (1977). ''The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography''. Volume 57. p. 350-352</ref> |
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*Preface to [[Walter B. Gibson]] ''Houdini's Escapes and Magic'' (1930) |
*Preface to [[Walter B. Gibson]] ''Houdini's Escapes and Magic'' (1930) |
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*''Houdini and Conan Doyle: The Story of a Strange Friendship'' (with [[Hereward Carrington]]) (1932) |
*''Houdini and Conan Doyle: The Story of a Strange Friendship'' (with [[Hereward Carrington]]) (1932)<ref>Strimple, Earl E. (1934). ''Reviewed Work: Houdini and Conan Doyle by Bernard M. L. Ernst, Hereward Carrington''. ''[[Social Science]]''. Vol. 9, No. 1, p. 83.</ref> |
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*''Houdini's Magic'' (with [[Walter Brown Gibson]]) (1932) |
*''Houdini's Magic'' (with [[Walter Brown Gibson]]) (1932) |
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*Preface to Royal Vale Heath ''Mathemagic: Magic, Puzzles and Games with Numbers'' (1933) |
*Preface to Royal Vale Heath ''Mathemagic: Magic, Puzzles and Games with Numbers'' (1933) |
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Bernard Morris Leon Ernst (March 17, 1879 - November 28, 1938) most well known as Bernard M. L. Ernst was an American lawyer, magician and associate of Harry Houdini.[1][2]
Career
Ernst was born in Uniontown, Alabama. He received his LL.B from Columbia University in 1905. He began working as a lawyer for a firm in Boston in 1909, he also worked on the legal counsel for the Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway. In the 1930s he was a council member of the Metropolitan League of Jewish Community Associations in New York City.[2]
He married Roberta C. Claus on 4 August, 1908.[3] Ernst was Jewish. He was a member of many organizations including the American Bar Association, New York County Lawyers' Association, Phi Delta Theta, National Vaudeville Artists Association, American Society for Psychical Research and the International Brotherhood of Magicians.[2]
Magic
Ernst took interest in magic and became the personal attorney for the magician Harry Houdini and the legal representative of his estate.[4][2] Ernst had lectured on Houdini and magic at Columbia University. He also managed the correspondence and private papers for Houdini. In 1926, he succeeded Houdini as President of the Society of American Magicians.[2]
Publications
- Preface to Walter B. Gibson Houdini's Escapes and Magic (1930)
- Houdini and Conan Doyle: The Story of a Strange Friendship (with Hereward Carrington) (1932)[5]
- Houdini's Magic (with Walter Brown Gibson) (1932)
- Preface to Royal Vale Heath Mathemagic: Magic, Puzzles and Games with Numbers (1933)
References
- ^ Schwarz, Julius Caesar. (1937). Who's Who in Law, Volume 1. J. C. Schwarz. p. 289
- ^ a b c d e White, James Terry. (1977). The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. Volume 57. p. 350-352
- ^ Glassman, Leo M. (1935). Biographical Encyclopaedia of American Jews, 1935. Maurice Jacobs & Leo Glassman. p. 121
- ^ Anonymous. (1933). Houdini's Attorney Shows Skill in Magic. The Scroll of Phi Delta Theta for February. pp. 206-207
- ^ Strimple, Earl E. (1934). Reviewed Work: Houdini and Conan Doyle by Bernard M. L. Ernst, Hereward Carrington. Social Science. Vol. 9, No. 1, p. 83.