PHINEAS See also:

• TAYLOR
• TAYLOR, ANN (1782-1866)
• TAYLOR, BAYARD (1825–1878)
• TAYLOR, BROOK (1685–1731)
• TAYLOR, ISAAC (1787-1865)
• TAYLOR, ISAAC (1829-1901)
• TAYLOR, JEREMY (1613-1667)
• TAYLOR, JOHN (158o-1653)
• TAYLOR, JOHN (1704-1766)
• TAYLOR, JOSEPH (c. 1586-c. 1653)
• TAYLOR, MICHAEL ANGELO (1757–1834)
• TAYLOR, NATHANIEL WILLIAM (1786-1858)
• TAYLOR, PHILIP MEADOWS (1808–1876)
• TAYLOR, ROWLAND (d. 1555)
• TAYLOR, SIR HENRY (1800-1886)
• TAYLOR, THOMAS (1758-1835)
• TAYLOR, TOM (1817-1880)
• TAYLOR, WILLIAM (1765-1836)
• TAYLOR, ZACHARY (1784-1850)

TAYLOR See also:

• PHINEAS TAYLOR BARNUM (1810-1891)

BARNUM (1810-1891)  , See also:

• AMERICAN

American show-See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

• BETHEL (Heb. " House of God ")

Bethel, See also:

• CONNECTICUT

Connecticut, on the 5th of See also:

• JULY

July 1810, his See also:

• FATHER

father being an See also:

• INN

inn- and See also:

• STORE (from O. Fr. estor or estoire, Late Lat. staurum or instaurum, stock, provisions, supply, from the late use of instaurare, to provide, properly to construct, renew, restore)

store-keeper . See also:

• BARNUM, PHINEAS TAYLOR (1810-1891)

Barnum first started as a store-keeper, and was also concerned in the lottery See also:

• MANIA

mania then prevailing in the See also:

• UNITED

United States . After failing in business, he started in 1829 a weekly See also:

• PAPER
• PAPER (Fr. papier, from Lat. papyrus)

paper, The See also:

• HERALD (O. Fr. heraut, herault; the origin is uncertain, but O.H.G. heren, to call, or hariwald, leader of an army, have been proposed; the Gr. equivalent is Kddpvi : Lat. praeco, caduceator, fetialis)

Herald of Freedom, in See also:

• DANBURY

Danbury; after several See also:

• LIBEL

libel suits and a See also:

• PROSECUTION

prosecution which resulted in imprisonment, he moved to New See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York in 1834, and in 1835 began his career as a showman, with his See also:

• PURCHASE

purchase and exploitation of a coloured woman, Joyce Heth, reputed to have been the See also:

• NURSE (a shortened form of the earlier " nourice," adapted through the French from Lat. nutrix, nu/rite, to nourish)

nurse of See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George See also:

• WASHINGTON
• WASHINGTON (or WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE)
• WASHINGTON, BOOKER TALIAFERRO (c. 1859– )
• WASHINGTON, BUSHROD (1762-1829)
• WASHINGTON, GEORGE (1732-1799)

Washington, and to be over a See also:

• HUNDRED

hundred and sixty years old . With this woman and a small See also:

• COMPANY

company he made well-advertised and successful See also:

• TOURS

tours in See also:

• AMERICA

America till 1839, though Joyce Heth died in 1836, when her See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age was proved to be not more than seventy . After a See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period of failure, he See also:

• PURCHASED

purchased Scudder's American Museum, New York, in 1841; to this he added considerably, and it became one of the most popular shows in the United States . He made a See also:

• SPECIAL

special See also:

• HIT

hit by the See also:

• EXHIBITION

exhibition, in 1842, of See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles Stratton, the celebrated " See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

General Tom Thumb " (see See also:

• DWARF (A.S. dweorg, D. dwerg, Icel. dvergr)

DWARF) . In 1844 Barnum toured with the dwarf in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England . A remarkable instance of his enterprise was the engagement of Jenny See also:

• LIND, JENNY

Lind to sing in America at $See also:

• I000

I000 a See also:

• NIGHT

night for one hundred and fifty nights, all expenses being paid by the entrepreneur . The tour began in 1850 . Barnum retired from the show business in 1855, but had to See also:

• SETTLE
• SETTLE, ELKANAH (1648–1724)

settle with his creditors in 1857, and began his old career again as showman and museum proprietor . In 1871 he established the " Greatest Show on See also:

• EARTH
• EARTH (a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Erde, Dutch aarde, Swed. and Dan. jord; outside Teutonic it appears only in the Gr. 'pq'e, on the ground; it has been connected by some etymologists with the Aryan root ar-, to plough, which is seen in
• EARTH, FIGURE OF
• EARTH, FIGURE OF THE

Earth," a travelling amalgamation of See also:

• CIRCUS (Lat. circus, Gr. Kipeos or Kptxot, a ring or' circle; probably " circus " and " ring " are of the same origin)

circus, See also:

• MENAGERIE

menagerie and museum of " freaks," &c . This show, incorporated in the name of " Barnum, See also:

• BAILEY (said to be a corruption of Ballium by some, and derived by others from the Fr. baille, a corruption of bataille, because there the soldiers were drilled in battle array)
• BAILEY, NATHAN
• BAILEY, PHILIP JAMES (1816-1902)
• BAILEY, SAMUEL (1791-1870)

Bailey & See also:

• HUTCHINSON
• HUTCHINSON, ANNE (c. 1600-1643)
• HUTCHINSON, JOHN (1615-1664)
• HUTCHINSON, JOHN (1674-1737)
• HUTCHINSON, SIR JONATHAN (1828– )
• HUTCHINSON, THOMAS (1711-1780)

Hutchinson," and later as " Barnum & Bailey's " toured all over the See also:

• WORLD

world .

In 1907 the business was sold to Ringling See also:

• BROTHERS, RICHARD (1757-1824)

Brothers . Barnum wrote several books, such as The Humbugs of the World (1865), Struggles and Triumphs (1869), and his Autobiography (1854, and later See also:

• EDITIONS

editions) . He died on the 7th of See also:

• APRIL

April 1891 .