- Philip Astley - Wikipedia
Philip Astley (8 January 1742 – 20 October 1814) was an English equestrian, circus owner, and inventor, regarded as being the "father of the modern circus" [1][2] Modern circus, as an integrated entertainment experience that includes music, domesticated animals, acrobats, and clowns, traces its heritage to Astley's Amphitheatre, a riding
- Who Was Philip Astley? The Father of the Modern British Circus
The founder of the modern circus, Astley would go on to lease premises near Westminster Bridge and gave exhibitions based around his riding skills – riding 5 horses at once, or jumping on and off horseback, or vaulting a coloured ribbon and landing back on the horse
- Philip Astley - Circopedia
Philip Astley (1742-1814) is considered the creator of the modern circus He was born January 8, 1742 in Newcastle-under-Lyme, in the West Midlands, England, the son of Edward Astley, a veneer-cutter and cabinet-maker
- The story of circus - V A
Philip Astley (1742 – 1814), a six-foot tall, ex-cavalry man, is often credited as the 'father of the modern circus' In 1768, he and his wife Patty established Astley's Riding School in London, where Philip would teach in the morning and perform equestrian tricks in the afternoon
- The story of how one man created the modern circus in Britain
His father is Fred Van Buren, a noted illusionist now aged 85, who as a young boy actually ran away to join the circus in Sandbach, Cheshire It was through his father that Van Buren not
- Philip Astley – Father of Modern Circus
Philip Astley was born 1742 to a cabinet maker in Newcastle-under-Lyme He became a military hero, the original ringmaster and father of the modern circus
- History of circus: How and where circus started | LibraryOn . . .
Philip Astley, a former sergeant major, is widely thought of as the father of the modern circus He was born in 1742 in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire A lover of horses from an early age, he joined Colonel Eliott's Light Horse regiment (also known as the 15th Light Dragoons) at the age of 17
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