H. Syril Dusenbery
(San Francisco, California: 15th January 1894 - 22nd August 1982)
Learned at age 13 from gift box-of-tricks. Electrical engineer. Amateur magician. He has traveled extensively through Europe and the Orient and has seen the Hindoo, Chinese and Japanese magicians perform in their native land. Founding President of Pacific Coast Society of Magicians (now SAM Golden Gate Assembly #2) in San Francisco in 1912. Articles in Sphinx and Stanyon's Magic (1914 and 1919). Wrote Making Magic Pay (1923; repr 1997, 24pp).
