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Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin

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A French magician whose name Houdini adopted as his professional name; Houdini later criticized him in his book 'The Unmasking of Robert-Houdin'.

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Entities connected to Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin through shared intermediaries, but not directly linked.

Event Chinese Water Torture Cell

Connected via: Harry Houdini

Person Theodore 'Dash' Weisz

Connected via: Harry Houdini

Organization Society of American Magicians

Connected via: Harry Houdini

Organization Martinka & Co.

Connected via: Harry Houdini

Person Martin Beck

Connected via: Harry Houdini

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📖 Wikipedia - Deep Research (Abraham Lincoln)
“When Weisz became a professional magician, he began calling himself 'Harry Houdini' after the French magician Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin, whose autobiography he read in 1890.”
Accessed: 2026-02-23
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Added: 2026-02-23 · Updated: 2026-02-23
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