Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Burling Hull (September 9, 1889 - November 1982) was an inventive magician, self-styled "the Edison of magic," specializing in mentalism and sleight of hand effects. During the greater part of his life he lived in DeLand, Florida. His aliases and stage names included: "Volta the Great", "The Man with the Radar Mind", "The White Wizard," and "Gideon ('Gid') Dayn." Hull claimed to be — and is generally credited as — the inventor of the Svengali deck of cards, which he patented in 1909.. }
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- Burling_Hull comment "Burling Hull (September 9, 1889 - November 1982) was an inventive magician, self-styled "the Edison of magic," specializing in mentalism and sleight of hand effects. During the greater part of his life he lived in DeLand, Florida. His aliases and stage names included: "Volta the Great", "The Man with the Radar Mind", "The White Wizard," and "Gideon ('Gid') Dayn." Hull claimed to be — and is generally credited as — the inventor of the Svengali deck of cards, which he patented in 1909.".