Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Alex Elmsley (2 March 1929 – 8 January 2006) was a Scottish Magician and Computer programmer. He was notable for his invention of the Ghost Count or Elmsley Count, creating mathematical card tricks, and for publishing the mathematics of playing card shuffling.He began practising magic in 1946, as a teenager. He studied physics and mathematics at Cambridge University; whilst there he was also secretary of the Pentacle Club. His day job was as a patent agent, and later computer expert.. }
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- Alex_Elmsley comment "Alex Elmsley (2 March 1929 – 8 January 2006) was a Scottish Magician and Computer programmer. He was notable for his invention of the Ghost Count or Elmsley Count, creating mathematical card tricks, and for publishing the mathematics of playing card shuffling.He began practising magic in 1946, as a teenager. He studied physics and mathematics at Cambridge University; whilst there he was also secretary of the Pentacle Club. His day job was as a patent agent, and later computer expert.".