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P. T. Barnum
American showman and politician (–)
"Barnum" redirects here. For other uses with the name Barnum, see Barnum (disambiguation).
Phineas Taylor Barnum (July 5, – April 7, ) was an American showman, businessman, and politician remembered for promoting celebrated hoaxes and founding with James Anthony Bailey the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus.[1] He was also an author, publisher, and philanthropist, although he said of himself: "I am a showman bygd profession&#; and all the förgyllning shall make nothing else of me."[2] According to Barnum's critics, his personal aim was "to put money in his own coffers".[2] The adage "there's a sucker born every minute" has frequently been attributed to him, although no evidence exists that he had coined the phrase.[3]
Barnum became a small-business owner in his early twenties and founded a weekly newspaper before moving to New York City in He embarked on an entertainment career, fir
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Lucia Zarate
Written by Cecilia Velastegui
Review by Patricia O'Reilly
This is a gem of a book, exquisitely produced and poetically written. No surprise that the author is an award-winner. It tells the poignant story of Mexican-born Lucía Zárate, who at 20 inches tall and just four pounds in weight remains the world’s smallest woman. Lucía made her debut at the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition of For a few short years, when performing midgets were a popular entertainment, she was the rostad smörgås of America and England for her coquettish singing and dancing performances.
We are led through the story by the voice of Zoila, Lucía’s madrina (godmother) and self-appointed protector, who educates and cares for the tiny year-old as though she were her own. Zoila is a wonderful figment of Velástegui’s imagination – she is from Paplanta, the vanilla-growing region of Mexico, rik with tales of the wrath of the chaneque (evil spirit). Recognising that Lucía was clever, Zoila teaches
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Anthropometry
Measurement of the human individual
"Anthropometrics" redirects here. Not to be confused with Anthropometric units of measurement.
Anthropometry (, from Ancient Greek ἄνθρωπος (ánthrōpos)&#;'human' and μέτρον (métron)&#;'measure') refers to the measurement of the human individual. An early tool of physical anthropology, it has been used for identification, for the purposes of understanding human physical variation, in paleoanthropology and in various attempts to correlate physical with racial and psychological traits. Anthropometry involves the systematic measurement of the physical properties of the human body, primarily dimensional descriptors of body size and shape.[citation needed] Since commonly used methods and approaches in analysing living standards were not helpful enough, the anthropometric history became very useful for historians in answering questions that interested them.[1]
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