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3 days ago · Instead, the collections at this museum open a window into the secrets of magicians through the centuries, including Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin, who opened France’s first performance hall ...
5 days ago · Dans son ouvrage posthume, Magie et physique amusante, Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin raconte comment il finit par accepter que son ami, le vicomte de l'Escalopier, lui prête une importante somme d'argent pour le remercier d'avoir construit un dispositif grâce auquel le coupable de vols répétés avait pu
5 days ago · The film historian Georges Sadoul hypothesized that the Devil in the film was played by Jules-Eugène Legris, a magician who performed at Méliès’s Théâtre Robert-Houdin in Paris and who later made an appearance in Méliès’s famous 1902 film A Trip to the Moon.
Jul 1, 2024 · The Huguenot église de St. Jean, Spitalfields, had been established on the north side of St. John Street by 1687 and probably by 1682. It was opened by English nonconformists who allowed the Huguenots to use it outside regular service times.
2 days ago · Early life Childhood and education Oppenheimer was born Julius Robert Oppenheimer into a non-observant Jewish family in New York City on April 22, 1904, to Ella (née Friedman), a painter, and Julius Seligmann Oppenheimer, a successful textile importer. Robert had a younger brother, Frank, who also became a physicist. Their father was born in Hanau, when it was still part of the Hesse-Nassau province of the Kingdom of Prussia, and as a teenager made his way to the United States in 1888 ...
5 days ago · Théâtre Robert-Houdin Opens. 1845 Pioneering French magician Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin opens his magic theatre in Paris
5 days ago · Liberty Leading the People is probably the best-known artwork of one of the greatest artists of French Romanticism Eugène Delacroix. The painting, which has become an icon, has already served as inspiration for much, from banknotes to a cover of a Coldplay album.
