Edward Cyril De Hault Laston

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Edward Cyril De Hault Laston (27 April 1883 – 7 November 1951) was a British mnemonist, known for his stage performances and memory recall.

Laston was born in 1883 in

in Calcutta.

Laston's intention was to join the army, however, a case of

. In the same year, he offered £100 to anyone who could equal his performance. There is no record of anyone who succeeded in this challenge.

From 1908, for 15 years Laston performed in music halls and theatres up and down the UK, the US, and India. In the US he did a tour that included dates in New York, Boston, Seattle, and Chicago, as well as Calgary and Edmonton in Canada.

For most of his stage career he was known and billed as 'Memora', and in newspaper reviews was often referred to as the 'Human Encyclopedia'.

In 1911, Laston married Marian Lees in Balham, London.

In 1914, Laston wrote the book Memora: an Ideal Memory Trainer (Aids to Memory. Why We Forget and how We Remember). This was presented with the Memora War Game. The book was arranged and compiled by his mother Laura Madden (née Browne).

By the 1920s, Laston and his wife had moved to

.

Edward Laston's great great great grandfather was the poet and Reverend Moses Browne of Morden College.

References

• A NEW MEMORY-MAN.
• Wayback Machine