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Encyclopedia: P. T. Barnum

Phineas Taylor Barnum (July 5, 1810 – April 7, 1891), American showman who is best remembered for his entertaining hoaxes and for founding the circus that eventually became Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus. Barnum is the title of an award winning Broadway musical based on P. T. Barnum's life an exploits.

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How to say "P. T. Barnum" in other languages:

	(Chinese)	巴納姆
	(Japanese)	P・T・バーナム
	(German)	P. T. Barnum
	(French)	Phineas Taylor Barnum
	(Italian)	Phineas Taylor Barnum

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1865 in literature

- Sheridan Le Fanu The Humbugs of the World - P. T. Barnum The Life of Charlotte Bronte - Elizabeth Gaskell...

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1869 in literature

Struggles and Triumphs - P. T. Barnum War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy The Wyvern Mystery - Sheridan Le Fanu...

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List of historical elephants

Historical elephants 218 BC -- Hannibal crosses the Alps with 37 elephants in the Second Punic War Abul-Abbas - Charlemagne's elephant Hanno - pet elephant of Pope Leo X Jumbo - P. T. Barnum's elephant Kandula - the most famous elephant in Sri Lanka was given to an infant prince some 2000 years...

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Chang and Eng Bunker

, while visiting Wilkesboro, North Carolina with P. T. Barnum, the twins were attracted to the town and...

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List of Unitarian Universalists

Horatio Alger, Jr. Arthur Altmeyer Susan B. Anthony Roger Baldwin Adin Ballou Hosea Ballou P. T. Barnum...

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Jumbo

version of the word jambo, which is Swahili for "hello". He was sold in 1882 to P. T. Barnum, owner of "The Greatest Show on Earth", the Barnum & Bailey Circus. Barnum's publicity made the name Jumbo.... Jumbo's hide was stuffed and traveled with Barnum's circus for a number of years. In 1889, Barnum...

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Pogo

-artist bear (influenced by or modeled on American showman and politician P. T. Barnum, one-time mayor...

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Mermaid

'mermaid in her vanity.' In the 19th century, P. T. Barnum displayed in his museum a taxidermy hoax that...

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Phineas Gage

a checkered life after his injury, and at one time was part of P. T. Barnum's travelling circus... Phineas P. Gage (1823 - May 21, 1860) was a railroad worker who suffered severe damage to parts of...) Phineas Gage: A Gruesome but True Story About Brain Science . 0618052526 Damasio H., Grabowski T...

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Bethel, Connecticut

Bethel is a town located in Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 18,067. In Bethel P. T. Barnum was born in Bethel. The bicycle manufacturer Cannondale and battery manufacturer Duracell are both headquartered in Bethel. Geography...

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