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John Robinson Circus · United States

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Record completeness

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Life history

Born: 1813
Birth place: in Asia unspecified location
Death reason: killed: poisoned
Age (est.): ~43 years
Origin: Wild-caught
Arrived: 1856-00-00

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John Robinson Circus

United States · Camp

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Transfer history

1856-00-00
John Robinson Circus
from Robinson and Eldred Circus
1852-00-00
Sands, Lent and Co American Circus
from Sands, Lent and Co American Circus
1850-00-00
Van Amburg Circus
from Van Amburg Circus
1838-00-00
The Zoological Institute
from The Zoological Institute
1835-00-00
Aaron Turners Columbian Circus
from Aaron Turners Columbian Circus
1834-00-00
James Raymond
from James Raymond
1833-10-00
Port of Philadelphia
from Port of Philadelphia
1833-10-00
Asia unspecified location
from Asia unspecified location
1833-00-00
Asia unspecified location
from Asia unspecified location

Sources

Bob Cline, Cheraw, South Carolina, United States. Autor of the book Americas elephants
https://classic.circushistory.org/History/1880sCircuses.htm
The elephant in America 1840-1860, by Stuart Thayer, http://www.circushistory.org/Bandwagon/BW.htm'>Bandwagon

Original record on elephant.se Back to database

Data from elephant.se (Dan A. J. Koehl), CC BY 4.0. Reformatted for search.