Louis Comte, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Louis Comte

magician (1788-1859)

Date of Birth: 22-Jun-1788

Place of Birth: Geneva, Canton of Geneva, Switzerland

Date of Death: 25-Nov-1859

Profession: magician

Nationality: Switzerland

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Louis Apollinaire Christien Emmanuel Comte "The King's Conjurer" (born Geneva, June 22, 1788 – Rueil, November 25, 1859), also known simply as Comte, was a celebrated nineteenth-century Parisian magician, greatly admired by Robert-Houdin. He performed for Louis XVIII at the Tuileries Palace and was made a Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur by Louis-Philippe.
He was sometimes called "The Conjurer of the Three Kings" (Louis XVIII, Charles X, and Louis-Philippe).
In 1814, Comte became the first conjurer on record to pull a white rabbit out of a top hat though this is also attributed to the much later John Henry Anderson.Comte owned the Théâtre Comte passage des Panoramas of the 2nd arrondissement of Paris and another one in the Passage Choiseul.