John Wyman
(Albany, New York: 19th January 1816 - 31st July 1881)
Pro ventriloquist to pro magician. Authored (ghosted by E.W. Lathram, a hack) Wyman's Hand-Book of Magic (1851, 70pp; with several editions) and Jokes and Anecdotes of Wyman, The Magician and Ventriloquist (1866, 112pp; repr 1871, 108pp). His nearly comprehensive scrapbook is in the Mulholland Collection.
