Peter Lamont (historian)


Peter Karl Lamont is a research fellow at the University of Edinburgh, working on the history, theory and performance of magic. He is a magician, Member of The Magic Circle, and a former president of the Edinburgh Magic Circle. He has performed and lectured across the world.
He is the author of The Rise of the Indian Rope Trick: The Biography of a Legend, which discusses the Indian rope trick, and The first psychic: the peculiar mystery of a Victorian wizard, which traces the life and times of the "first psychic" Daniel Dunglas Home, a Scottish medium, born in Edinburgh.

List of works

Books

  • Lamont, P. & Wiseman, R.. Magic in Theory: An Introduction to the Theoretical and Psychological Elements of Conjuring
  • Lamont, P.. The Rise of the Indian Rope Trick: Biography of a Legend
  • Lamont, P.. The First Psychic: The Peculiar Mystery of a Notorious Victorian Wizard
  • Lamont, P.. ''Extraordinary Beliefs: A Historical Approach to a Psychological Problem''

Papers