Albert
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Joe Pentlands Great World Circus in United States

Biography

☨ ♂ Albert

Identification


Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Male ♂, unknown age
Origin
Born:	*
Birth place:	in Asia unspecified location
Death
Dead:	†
Death reason:	:
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Joe Pentlands Great World Circus, in United States

Date of arrival

1861-00-00	Joe Pentlands Great World Circus from The Mammoth Circus and Hippodrome

1861-00-00	The Mammoth Circus and Hippodrome from John Wilsons Dan Rices Great Show

1860-00-00	John Wilsons Dan Rices Great Show from John Wilson

1859-00-00	John Wilson from Sands, Nathans & Co

1856-00-00	Sands, Nathans & Co from William Cooke

1856-00-00	William Cooke 1856-00-00 from Battys Traveling Menagerie

Record history
History of updates	0000-00-00

Latest document update	2021-11-20 19:14:47

† Albert is a dead Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died at Joe Pentlands Great World Circus, in United States, .

Affiliated people

1: William Cooke (owner to 1856) 2: John Wilson (owner from 1859 to 1861)

Origin

Albert was born at Asia unspecified location.

Comments / pictures

In 1856 Sands and Nathans had imported Albert and Victoria from England where they had been the property of William Cooke and the animal stars of Batty’s Circus.

Albert had been trained to climb a fifteen-foot ramp, at the top of which he did a headstand.

Records about Albert from Bob Cline

ALBERT
Male Asian 1855 - Batty's Circus in Europe
1856 - imported to Sands, Nathan & Co.
1856 to 1858 - Sands, Nathan & Co.
1859 to 1860 - John Wilson in California
1860 - John Wilson's "Dan Rice's" Great Show
1861 - The Mammoth Circus & Hippodrome
1861 - Joe Pentland's Great World Circus

Bob Cline, author of the book "Americas elephants".

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Albert, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Joe Pentlands Great World Circus in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 30 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=12577. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

Bob Cline, Cheraw, South Carolina, United States. Autor of the book Americas elephants
https://classic.circushistory.org/Thayer/Thayer3b.htm

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