Stewart James (May 14, 1908 – November 5, 1996) was a Canadian postman who became one of magic's most prolific inventors.
[1] He spent most of his life in Courtright, Ontario.
[2] Stewart James was highly respected for his creativity and invention of magic tricks; inventions of James's are used by many magicians despite his low name recognition[3]: 265 Martin Gardner described him as "a magician who has probably devised more high-quality mathematical card tricks than anyone who ever lived".
[4]: 35 James ran a publishing company named Jogestja, Ltd. [1]