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About P. T. Barnum
Phineas Taylor Barnum was an American showman, businessman, and politician remembered for promoting celebrated hoaxes and founding the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus with James Anthony Bailey. He was also an author, publisher, and philanthropist, although he said of himself: "I am a showman by profession ... and all the gilding shall make nothing else of me." The adage "there's a sucker born every minute" has frequently been attributed to him, although no evidence exists that he had coined the phrase.
Everything about P. T. Barnum →- Occupation
- showman, businessperson, politician, autobiographer
- Position held
- Member of the Connecticut House of Representatives, Mayor of Bridgeport, Connecticut
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- July 5, 1810, 1810
- Died
- April 7, 1891, 1891