Phineas Taylor Barnum
1810–91
American entrepreneur, showman, and circus owner. Founded Barnum’s American Museum in New York, displaying animals and curiosities, in 1842. Made a lucrative tour of England with the dwarf Tom Thumb, 1844–7. Opened a circus in Brooklyn in 1871.
Source
ANB.
Bibliography
ANB: American national biography. Edited by John A. Garraty and Mark C. Carnes. 24 vols. and supplement. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press. 1999–2002.
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