What is recorded here
This brass commemorative plaque records: John Nevil Maskelyne World famous magician born in this town at 20 White Hart Row 22nd Dec 1839 - died London 1917 In this hall he exposed the Davenport Brothers Recorded plaque organisation: Cotswold Magical Society.
John Nevil Maskelyne was a renowned English stage magician and inventor, known for his innovative magic tricks and public demonstrations of paranormal fraud debunking, including exposing the Davenport Brothers as fraudulent spiritualists.
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