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Étienne-Gaspard Robert

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Belgian stage magician and influential developer of phantasmagoria (1763-1837)

ScientistsLived 1763 to 1837 · aged 74
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Étienne-Gaspard Robert, often known by the stage name of "Robertson", was a prominent physicist, stage magician and influential developer of phantasmagoria from the Prince-Bishopric of Liège. He was described by Charles Dickens as "an honourable and well-educated showman".

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Commemorative 18th century plateCommemorative 18th century plateThe grave of Etienne Robertson, Pere Lachaise Cemetery, ParisThe grave of Etienne Robertson, Pere Lachaise Cemetery, Paris

Scientists born in the 1760s 6

Kaspar Maria von Sternberg48.1Johann Wilhelm Meigen46.9John Rennie48.3Georg Franz Hoffmann46.7Vasily Vladimirovich Petrov48.3Alexander John Forsyth46.7

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Étienne-Gaspard Robert, often known by the stage name of "Robertson", was a prominent physicist, stage magician and influential developer of phantasmagoria from the Prince-Bishopric of Liège. He was described by Charles Dickens as "an honourable and well-educated showman". Alongside his pioneering work on projection techniques for his shows Robert was also a physics lecturer and a keen balloonist at a time of great development in aviation.

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Lived 1763 to 1837 · aged 74
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