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HAGENBECK, CARL (1844- )
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See also:HAGENBECK, CARL (1844- ) , See also:wild-See also:animal See also:collector and dealer, was See also:born at See also:Hamburg in 1844. In 1848 his See also:father See also:purchased some See also:seals and a Polar See also:bear brought to Hamburg by a whaler, and subsequently acquired many other wild animals. At the See also:age of twenty-one Carl Hagenbeck was given the whole collection, and before See also:long had greatly extended the business, So that in 1873 he had to erect large buildings in Hamburg to See also:house his animals. In 1875 he began to exhibit a collection of the representative animals of many countries, accompanied by troupes of the natives of the respective countries, throughout all the large cities of See also:Europe. The educational value of these exhibitions was officially recognized by the See also:French See also:government,which in 1891 awarded Hagenbeck the diploma of the See also:Academy. Most of the wild animals exhibited in See also:music-halls and other popular places of entertainment throughout the See also:world have come from Hagenbeck's collection at Stellingen, near Hamburg. End of Article: HAGENBECK, CARL (1844- )Additional information and CommentsThere are no comments yet for this article.
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