Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Johann Georg Schröpfer (1730–7 October 1774, Leipzig) was a German illusionist, freemason, and occultist. He was a pioneer of entertainment séances, being one of the first people to use a magic lantern to project the appearance of ghosts. He staged routines doing this at his coffee shop in Leipzig, convincing people that he could talk to the dead.Schröpfer was a Freemason and performed his first demonstrations to others in the fraternity.. }
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- Johann_Georg_Schröpfer comment "Johann Georg Schröpfer (1730–7 October 1774, Leipzig) was a German illusionist, freemason, and occultist. He was a pioneer of entertainment séances, being one of the first people to use a magic lantern to project the appearance of ghosts. He staged routines doing this at his coffee shop in Leipzig, convincing people that he could talk to the dead.Schröpfer was a Freemason and performed his first demonstrations to others in the fraternity.".