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Early life. Born in Muswell Hill, London, Nixon attended the Westcliff High School for Boys in Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex.His father was a lawyer whose hobby was magic and who took Nixon to watch performers such as Nevil Maskelyne and David Devant.One magician who made an early impression on the young boy was Stanley Collins, who had a gentlemanly image which …