P. T. Barnum - Wikipedia
Phineas Taylor Barnum (July 5, 1810 – April 7, 1891) was an American showman, businessman, and politician remembered for promoting celebrated hoaxes and founding with James Anthony Bailey the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. [ 1 ]
P.T. Barnum | Biography, Circus, Facts, & Quotes | Britannica
2024年8月18日 · P.T. Barnum (born July 5, 1810, Bethel, Connecticut, U.S.—died April 7, 1891, Bridgeport, Connecticut) was an American showman who employed sensational forms of presentation and publicity to popularize such amusements as the public museum, the musical concert, and the three-ring circus.
P.T. Barnum Isn’t the Hero the ‘Greatest Showman’ Wants You …
2017年12月22日 · Some five decades into his life, Phineas Taylor Barnum from Bethel, Connecticut, had remade himself from his humble beginnings as an impoverished country boy into a showman—indeed the “greatest...
P.T. Barnum - Quotes, Circus & Family - Biography
2014年4月2日 · P.T. Barnum was a successful American promoter who founded what became the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus in 1871.
P.T. Barnum, The Man, The Myth, The Legend - The Barnum Museum
P.T. Barnum was the answer to the democratic dream to challenge the establishment and alter the authoritative voice. His pioneering spirit of promotion and his acumen for business transformed popular conceptions of the era, in turn molding and defining many ideals of today.
10 Things You May Not Know About P.T. Barnum - HISTORY
2015年7月2日 · Barnum was an entrepreneur from an early age. Barnum’s knack for moneymaking first manifested during his youth in Bethel, Connecticut. The future showman sold snacks and homemade cherry rum...
About P.T. Barnum - The Barnum Museum
He is an icon of American ingenuity and our patron saint of promotion, his story is a fascinating exploration of 19th century social, commercial, political and industrial history, and his tale begins long before his famous circus was created in 1872.
How P. T. Barnum Gave The Public What It Wanted
2017年7月5日 · Phineas Taylor (P. T.) Barnum, born July 5, 1810, in Bethel, Connecticut, has been described as “the first great advertising genius and the greatest publicity exploiter the world has ever known.”.
P.T. Barnum Biography - ThoughtCo
2019年5月28日 · P.T. Barnum got his start as a showman by purchasing a blind, nearly paralyzed, elderly African American woman for $1,000 and then working her for ten hours a day. He marketed her as the oldest woman alive, and she died less than a year later.
P.T. Barnum: The Showman | American Experience | PBS
Mabel Stark was one of the 20th century's most famous big cat trainers. The sale of Jumbo the African elephant to P.T. Barnum by the London Zoological Society caused an uproar in England....