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In the 1930 John Dos Passos novel The 42nd Parallel, the quotation was attributed to Mark Twain.. In Star Trek: The Next Generation season 4 episode 13 ("Devil's Due"), Captain Jean-Luc Picard mentions "There's a sucker born every minute" as he explores the possibility of a con artist at work, and Lieutenant Commander Data attributes the phrase to P. T. Barnum.
Barnum was born in Bethel, Connecticut, the son of innkeeper, tailor and storekeeper Philo Barnum (1778–1826) and Philo's second wife, Irene Taylor. Barnum's maternal grandfather Phineas Taylor was a Whig , legislator, landowner, justice of the peace , and lottery schemer who had a great influence upon him.
As the newspapers reported Barnum's version of the story, David Hannum was quoted as saying, "There's a sucker born every minute" in reference to spectators paying to see Barnum's giant. [14] Since then, the quotation has often been misattributed to Barnum himself.
Articles relating to the American showman, businessman, and politician P. T. Barnum (1810-1891) and his career. Subcategories. ... There's a sucker born every minute
To market the act, Barnum gave Stratton the name General Tom Thumb, naming him after the popular English fairy tale. [4] The tour was a huge success and soon expanded. A year later, Barnum took young Stratton on a tour of Europe, making him an international celebrity. [5] Along with Barnum, Stratton appeared before Queen Victoria.
Annie Jones Elliot (July 14, 1865 – October 22, 1902) [1] was an American bearded woman, born in Virginia.She toured with showman P. T. Barnum as a circus attraction. . Whether the cause of her condition was hirsutism or an unrelated genetic condition that affects children of both sexes and continues into adult years is
Like most oldest siblings, I was the guinea pig. Through rearing me, wisdom was acquired, lessons were learned and certain models of thought (i.e. anxious hovering) were abandoned with haste.
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