Basil
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
John Robinson Circus in United States

Biography

☨ ♂ Basil

Identification


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

Date of arrival

1906-00-00	John Robinson Circus from William P. Hall Animal Farm

1906-00-00	William P. Hall Animal Farm from J. Potter

1906-00-00	J. Potter from Glen Island menagerie

	Glen Island menagerie from Adam Forepaugh Circus

1885-00-00	Adam Forepaugh Circus from Cooper and Bailey Circus

Record history
History of updates	2025-03-29: elephant import 1910

Latest document update	2020-10-18 06:25:24
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† Basil is a dead Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died at John Robinson Circus, in United States, .

Origin

Basil was born wild .

Comments / pictures

1834: - arrives in US.
1894: threated for penumonia, see pdf
1903: Swimming to Long Island

Records about Basil from Bob Cline

Asian Male 1878 - Cooper & Bailey Circus
1885 to 1888 - Adam Forepaugh
Glen Island Menagerie
1906 - Dr. M. J. Patten
1906 - Wm. P. Hall
1906 - underwent surgery in Cincinnati - John Robinson perhaps??
1906 to 1911 - John Robinson Circus

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

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Basil, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at John Robinson Circus in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 29 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=3015. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

Buckles Weblog
Bob Cline, Cheraw, South Carolina, United States. Autor of the book Americas elephants
http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=FB0712F6395416738DDDAA0994DF405B8785F0D3
http://home.gwi.net/~dnb/read/elephant/elephant.htm

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