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[[Image:Hd7547.jpg|right|thumb|Phineas Taylor Barnum by Mathew Brady, c.1860]]

[[Image:Hd7547.jpg|right|thumb|Phineas Taylor Barnum by Mathew Brady, c.1860]]

Phineas Taylor (P.T.) Barnum (1810-1891) was the owner and promoter of the "Greatest Show on Earth," an entertaining traveling [[circus]].  Financial support from [[J.P. Morgan]] and [[Cornelius Vanderbilt]] enabled Barnum to take his circus around the country.   

'''Phineas Taylor (P.T.) Barnum''' (1810-1891) was the owner and promoter of the "Greatest Show on Earth," an entertaining traveling [[circus]].  Financial support from [[J.P. Morgan]] and [[Cornelius Vanderbilt]] enabled Barnum to take his circus around the country.   

Barnum sold millions of tickets in his lifetime, attracting visitors to see elephant "Jumbo" and General [[Tom Thumb]], who stood only 25 inches tall. He included both President [[Abraham Lincoln]] and [[Queen Victoria]] as fans.

Barnum sold millions of tickets in his lifetime, attracting visitors to see elephant "Jumbo" and General [[Tom Thumb]], who stood only 25 inches tall. He included both President [[Abraham Lincoln]] and [[Queen Victoria]] as fans.

Barnum said, "Most persons, on the whole, are humbugged by believing too little, than by believing too much." <ref>http://www.amerisearch.net/index.php?date=2004-04-07&view=View</ref>

Barnum said, "Most persons, on the whole, are humbugged by believing too little, than by believing too much." <ref>http://www.amerisearch.net/index.php?date=2004-04-07&view=View</ref>