Henry Jeffery Atkins was a noted British magician. He is cited as a major force in the International Brotherhood of Magicians

International Brotherhood of Magicians

International Brotherhood of Magicians is the world's largest organization for professional and amateur magicians, with approximately 15,000 members worldwide. The headquarters is in St...

 (IBM) British Ring, for which he was honorary secretary and convention organizer for many years. He also served a term as international president of the IBM. As a performer he specialized in revivals or re-creations of antique magic. He made a number of appearances on national television in Britain. On one occasion he staged a revival of the Radium Girl

Radium Girl

The Radium Girl is a stage illusion of the classic type involving a female assistant in a large box and is probably best categorised as a penetration or restoration-type illusion. Its origins and history are much less well documented than those of many other "big box" illusions but some sources...

 illusion for the Paul Daniels Magic Show

Paul Daniels

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. He is commemorated through the Jeffery Atkins memorial lecture held at the annual convention of the British Ring of the IBM.

Spelling

There is occasionally confusion over the spelling of Atkins' name. His obituary at the Magic Times website used the spelling Jeffery and it has been stated on the Genii magazine forum that this was the correct spelling, not Jeffrey.

Further reading

• Atkins, Jeffery, Magic Medley: The Jeffery Atkins Lecture, (New Orleans, 1971).
• Cover story in Genii Magazine, vol.42 No.8, (Aug 1978)

External links

• A brief obituary from The Magic Times.