R. F. Robertson

R. F. Robertson
As seen in an advertisement for Columbia Scientific Academy, c. 1901
Born	31 December 1865(1865-12-31)  Kincardine, Province of Canada
Died	20 October 1939 (73) Brooklyn, Kings Co., New York
Alma mater	American College of Sciences (C.D., Character Delineator)

Ross Frederick Robertson (December 31, 1865 - October 20, 1939) was a Canadian-born businessman, at the turn of the twentieth century being described as the Discoverer of the Ki-Magi System of Personal Magnetism, &c. and accredited as president of short-lived Columbia Scientific Academy, who turned his talents thereafter to stock trading and brokering alongside Charles Stoneham, becoming embroiled in subsequent scandals stemming from charges of fraud within Stoneham's enterprises.

Selected Bibliography

• Robertson, R. F. (1901), The "Ki-Magi" System of Personal Influence, Columbia Scientific Academy 

Advertising

• "GIVES HIS SECRET TO THE WORLD — A Remarkable Discovery by a Remarkable Man — The Art of Fascination, the Power of Charming, the Secrets of Personal Magnetism Finally and Completely Revealed at Last — A Marvelous, Mysterious Force Which Gives Wonderful Physical and Mental Strength; Overcomes All Diseases; Enables You to Know the Secret Natures of Others and to Handle Them as You Please.", Los Angeles Herald (Los Angeles, CA): 6, 15 Nov. 1903, https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=LAH19031115.2.336&srpos=1&e=-------en--20--1-byDA.rev-txt-txIN-%22Columbia+Scientific+Academy%22-------1 

Press Coverage

• "FRAUD ORDER ISSUED. KI-MAGI MAN DENIED THE USE OF THE MAILS.", Fourth Estate: 4, 21 May 1904, https://books.google.com/books?id=TAdGAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA17-PA4 

Reading

• Demarest, Marc (13 Sep. 2017), The (Mail-Order Occult) Ring Saga, Episode 11: The Occult History of the New York Giants, ehbritten.blogspot.com, https://ehbritten.blogspot.com/2017/09/the-mail-order-occult-ring-saga-episode_13.html