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Milbourne Christopher
Milbourne Christopher (23 March 1914〔("Social Security Death Index" ) 14 July 2010〕 – 17 June 1984) was a prominent American illusionist, magic historian, and author.
President of the Society of American Magicians, an honorary vice-president to the Magic Circle, and one of the founding members of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry, Christopher wrote a number of books, including a biography of Harry Houdini titled ''Houdini: The Untold Story,'' a chronicle of his own craft titled ''The Illustrated History Of Magic,'' and thousands of essays relating to magic and mentalism.〔Gerd H. Hoevelmann, Marcello Truzzi, and Piet Hein Hoebens, "Skeptical Literatue On Parapsychology: An Annotated Bibliography," in Paul Kurtz, editor, ''A Skeptic's Handbook Of Parapsychology,'' pp. 449-490; Christopher's book is described on pp. 455-456.〕〔(Scot Peacock, ''Contemporary Authors,'' 2003, Gale. )〕
== Debunking work ==
Christopher regarded those individuals who claimed ESP or psychic powers to be actually using magic trickery. He wrote three book-length exposés regarding those he said were false seers or psychics: ''ESP, Seers & Psychics;'' ''Mediums, Mystics, & The Occult;'' and ''Search For The Soul.'' Christopher also debunked parapsychology experiments and experimenters during his lifetime. Ironically, despite his denial of the existence of psychic or paranormal powers, and like fellow magicians Harry Houdini and James Randi, both of whom also worked to expose false psychics and mediums, Christopher was accused by some of using paranormal powers to perform his own magic tricks and illusions.〔Milbourne Christopher, ''Mediums, Mystics & The Occult.'' New York: Crowell, 1975. P. 233.〕
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