Carl Hagenbeck, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Carl Hagenbeck

German trainer of animals and circus manager

Date of Birth: 10-Jun-1844

Place of Birth: Hamburg, Germany

Date of Death: 14-Apr-1913

Profession: zoologist, animal trainer, circus performer

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Gemini


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About Carl Hagenbeck

  • Carl Hagenbeck (June 10, 1844 – April 14, 1913) was a German merchant of wild animals who supplied many European zoos, as well as P.
  • T.
  • Barnum.
  • He created the modern zoo with animal enclosures without bars that were closer to their natural habitat.
  • The transformation of the zoo architecture initiated by him is known as the Hagenbeck revolution.
  • Hagenbeck founded Germany's most successful privately owned zoo, the Tierpark Hagenbeck, which moved to its present location in Hamburg's Stellingen district in 1907.
  • He was also an ethnography showman and a pioneer in displaying humans next to animals in human zoos.

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