Winston Freer

Winston Freer
Born	August 10, 1910 (1910-08-10) St. Albans, Vermont, United States
Died	April 21, 1981 (1981-04-22) (aged 70)
Occupation	Magician

Winston Freer (August 10, 1910 – April 21, 1981) was born in St. Albans, Vermont. In 1926, at the age of 16, Freer saw Howard Thurston perform and became interested in magic.^[1] He grew up to be one of magic's cleverest inventors.^[2]

In the 1930s, Freer worked at Abbott's Magic in Colon, Michigan and performed under the name Alladin and later Doc Maxam.

Freer gained a reputation for performing effects like freezing ice in his bare hand. He also startled magicians by performing a suspension while standing in the middle of a floor entirely surrounded.^[3] It was captured on the cover of The Linking Ring, August 1941.^[4]

Freer also published his classification of magical effects in The Linking Ring.^[5]

Freer also fancied himself a mathematician. One of his most impressive creations was his Tile Puzzle. What makes it so interesting is that neither the pieces nor the frame change shape or size in any way.^[6]

Published works

• Alagen Rope (with U.F. Grant) (1939)
• 25 Rice Bowl Methods (1954)
• The Magic of Doc Maxam (1954)

Works about

• Adventures of Winston Freer CD (2008)

See also

• List of magicians
• Card magic
• Coin magic
• magic (illusion)

References

1. "Biographies Page FG".
2. "The Adventures of Winston Freer CD".
3. "Fitzkee - The TRICK BRAIN - chapter 14". Archived from the original on January 7, 2007.
4. "Winston Freer's MagicPedia entry".
5. Scott, Myron E., ed. (January 1942). "Hocus Pocus Parade". The Linking Ring. Vol. 21, no. 11. pp. 36–53.
6. "Grey Matters Videos: Winston Freer Tile Puzzle".

External links

• See more about Winston Freer at MagicPedia, the free online Magic encyclopedia.
• Video of Winston Freer's Tile Puzzle
• Winston Freer effect classification