# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/p-t-selbit
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:51:56.104Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/p-t-selbit"
name: "P. T. Selbit"
slug: "p-t-selbit"
description: "P. T. Selbit (1881–1938) was an English magician, inventor and writer who is credited with being the first person to perform the illusion of sawing a woman in half. Among magicians he was known for his inventiveness and entrepreneurial instinct and he is credited with creating a long list of successful stage illusions."
tagline: "British magician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/P._T._Selbit_magician.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1881-11-17"
deathDate: "1938-11-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.3
  momentum:             13.88888888888889
  historical:           5.476278666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P._T._Selbit"
    title: "P. T. Selbit"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D9%89._%D8%AA%D9%89._%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AA"
    title: "پى. تى. سيلبيت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/P._T._Selbit"
    title: "P. T. Selbit"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B8%D0%B1%D0%B1%D0%BB%D1%81%2C_%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C_%D0%A2%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%81"
    title: "Тибблс, Персиваль Томас"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8A%E2%80%A4_%D4%B9%E2%80%A4_%D5%8D%D5%A5%D5%AC%D5%A2%D5%AB%D5%BF"
    title: "Պ․ Թ․ Սելբիտ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/P._T._Selbit"
    title: "P. T. Selbit"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4457027"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump