Barnum, P. T.

Phineas Taylor Barnum (born in Bethel, Connecticut, USA, on July 5, 1810) was a businessman most active in the sector of entertainment. He was also author, publisher, philanthropist and politician. On top of that, he was one of the founders of the Barnum & Bailey Circus, which, in 1919, merged with the Ringling Brothers Circus, creating the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, a company that market itself as The Greatest Show on Earth . At the age of 19, Barnum married Charity Hallett. In his early twenties, he was busy with a general store, a book auctioning trade, real estate speculati...