John Wilson

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John Wilson
Profession	circus director
Personal details
Born	1829-08-04 Scotland in United Kingdom
Dead	1885 Hamburg in Germany
Country	United States

Locations
Title	owner 1859-1885
Location	at John Wilsons Dan Rices Great Show in United States

Biography details

John Wilson , circus director in United States

Born 1829-08-04 in United Kingdom dead 1885 in Germany .

Owner of 2 elephants

1: Victoria (owner from 1859 to 1860) 2: Albert (owner from 1859 to 1861)

John Wilson (1829-August 4, 1885) Native of Scotland.
1859: bought the Sands, Nathan & Quick elephants, Victoria and Albert, for $22,000; which were shipped west in the charge of Dr. Charles Bassett, as agent for the owners; the elephants were the first to be exhibited on the West Coast and, as such, created quite a sensation. With the help of William Hendrickson, bought show equipment for $20,000 and put out a circus featuring the elephants; and the Grand Circus and Elephant Exhibition, Wilson & Co., owners, opened at Jackson and Kearney Streets, June 1, 1859. Converted Mechanics’ Pavilion, San Francisco, into a hippodrome.
1860: company was advertised as John Wilson’s “Dan Rice’s” Great Show.
1885: He died in Hamburg, Germany, from dropsy and Cancer of the liver, during the time his circus was traveling in that country.

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References

Koehl, Dan, (2024). director John Wilson in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 23 November 2024 at https://www.elephant.se/person.php?id=3092. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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