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    Isaac A. Van Amburgh (1808–1865) was an American animal trainer who developed the first trained wild animal act in modern times. By introducing jungle...
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    Martin and American Isaac Van Amburgh, who both toured widely and whose techniques were copied by a number of followers. Van Amburgh performed before Queen...
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    subject matter with rarity value, figures of the Victorian lion-tamer Isaac Van Amburgh are among the most desirable of all Staffordshire portrait figures...
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  • Borghese, Rome (url) Edwin Henry Landseer (1802–1873), 6 paintings : Isaac van Amburgh and his Animals, Royal Collection, Windsor (url) Fitz Hugh Lane (1804–1865)...
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    seven members of the Board as now constituted are A. I. Ritchie, W. E. Van Amburgh, H. C. Rockwell, J. D. Wright, I. F. Hoskins, A. N. Pierson and J. F...
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    himself, including the first lion bred in captivity in Britain. Isaac A. Van Amburgh (1811–1865), American animal trainer who developed the first trained...
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    1865) was a famous 19th century Asiatic elephant that was part of Isaac A. Van Amburgh's menagerie. Hannibal was brought to the United States as early as...
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    Dan Rice 1963 Adam Forepaugh 1963 May Wirth 1963 Victor Pépin 1964 Isaac Van Amburgh 1964 Philip Astley 1965 Clyde Beatty 1966 Con Colleano 1969 Mabel...
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  • best known for the novel Uncle Tom's Cabin (died 1896) July 11 – Isaac A. Van Amburgh, animal trainer (died 1865) December 19 – Aaron Shaw, U.S. Representative...
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  • Only one travelling menagerie of any size existed after the war: Isaac A. Van Amburgh's menagerie travelled the United States for nearly forty years. Unlike...
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  • had elected only three men to office—Rutherford, Secretary-Treasurer Van Amburgh and Vice-President Andrew N. Pierson—the remaining four board members...
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    vice-President Alfred I. Ritchie and Secretary-Treasurer William E. Van Amburgh on a three-man executive committee that ran the Pennsylvania corporation...
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    equestrian acts. Soon elephants and big cats were displayed as well. Isaac A. Van Amburgh entered a cage with several big cats in 1833, and is generally considered...
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    Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (d. 1889) July 11 Isaac A. Van Amburgh, American animal trainer (d. 1865) William Robert Grove, Welsh chemist...
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    Elephant Hotel, which now serves as a town hall. Old Hannibal, part of Isaac A. Van Amburgh's menagerie. Salt and Sauce, considered the most famous British elephants...
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  • Cherokee Regiment (born 1796 in the Cherokee Nation East) November 29 – Isaac A. Van Amburgh, animal trainer (born 1811) December 16 – Philip Allen, U.S. Senator...
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  • seen, Returns to scare the village green.: 220-221  A manager at Isaac A. Van Amburgh's menagerie described to people in other parts of world about these...
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  • Stairs, Canadian businessman, statesman (b. 1789) November 29 – Isaac A. Van Amburgh, American animal trainer (b. 1811) December 6 – Sebastián Iradier...
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  • neither were the Society's three officers: Rutherford, Pierson, and Van Amburgh. In order to have been chosen officers in January 1917, they would have...
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    1922, as cited by Raymond Franz, Crisis of Conscience, page 224. W. E. Van Amburgh (1924). The Way to Paradise (PDF) (1925 ed.). pp. 215–236. J. F. Rutherford...
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    clear and was never challenged, winning easily by three lengths from Van Amburgh. Following the race, the winner was surrounded by celebrating crowds...
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