death_date birth_place nationality name birth_date known_for article_title birth_name occupation death_cause
april 21 , 1981 august 10 , 1910 st. albans , vermont , usa american winston freer august 10 , 1910 magic winston freer
 winston freer professional magician natural causes
winston freer

winston freer -lrb- august 10 , 1910 - april 21 , 1981 -rrb- was born in st. albans , vermont .
in 1926 , at the age of 16 , freer saw howard thurston perform and became interested in magic .
he grew up to be one of magic 's cleverest inventors .
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 .
it was captured on the cover of the linking ring , august 1941 .
winston freer also published his occurrence classification of magic in international brotherhood of magicians magazine ` the linking ring ' , which classifies effects from the audience 's point of view .
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 .
