Hachaliah Bailey

Hachaliah Bailey

male, deceased (1870)
northern virginia, Circus proprietor, menagerie, rum, war of 1812, eponym
Hachaliah Bailey (1774-1845) (pronounced "heck-a-LIE-uh") is the eponym of Bailey's Crossroads, Virginia and a relative to several famous...
George Wombwell

George Wombwell

male, deceased (1850)
buried at Highgate Cemetery, zebra, British, medical school, wildcat, gorilla…menagerie, Wombwell's Travelling Menagerie
George Wombwell, was a famous menagerie exhibitor in the Victorian Britain. George Wombwell was born in Wendon Lofts, Essex in 1777. Around 1800 he...

Zarafa

female, deceased (1845)
Alexandria, sudan, nile, khartoum, King of France, menagerie
Zarafa (?1824-12 January 1845) was a giraffe in a menagerie in the Jardin des Plantes in Paris for 18 years in the early 1800s. She was one of the...

Charles I. D. Looff

male, deceased (1918)
ferris wheel, roller coaster, santa monica, Amusement ride maker, venice beach, Coney Island…menagerie
Charles I. D. Looff was a master builder of hand-carved carousels and amusement rides in America. Looff built the first carousel at Coney Island in...

Frédéric Cuvier

male, deceased (1838)
Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, Royal Society, menagerie, French, zoologist, Histoire naturelle des Mammifères
Frédéric Cuvier was a French zoologist. He was the younger brother of Georges Cuvier. Frederic was the head keeper of the menagerie at the Mu...
Hannah Twynnoy

Hannah Twynnoy

female, deceased (1703)
Deaths due to animal attacks, Early Modern Britain, Malmesbury, Wiltshire, From wiltshire, killed by animals, English…menagerie
Hannah Twynnoy (d. 1703) is reputedly the first person on record to have been killed by a tiger in Britain. Hannah Twynnoy was an early 18th...

Stephen Polito

male, deceased (1814)
lord byron, Italian, georgian, menagerie, strand, Georgian era…Royal Menagerie
Stephen Polito (1763/4–1814) was a menagerie owner of Italian descent in Georgian England. Polito was born in Italy. He owned a menagerie which he...
Rev. Menagerie

Rev. Menagerie

male, 35 years old (Belle Vernon, Pennsylvania, United States)
musician, From Scranton PA, likes cemetaries, likes poetry, likes writing, Likes Art
My name is The Reverend Menagerie
Urban Menagerie

Urban Menagerie

male, 29 years old (Secane, Pennsylvania, United States)
comic book, gemini, muscular, Some college, Swinger
Scottish Sheep... Toilet Mallard... Corporate Sponsors... Bad Guys... Two super heroes, living a corporate sponsored, rent-to-own life style,...
Elizabeth Menagerie

Elizabeth Menagerie

female (Patchogue, New York, United States)
Pisces, in a relationship
I started creating "monsters" about 4 years ago. I had just visited an art exhibit at the Drawing Center that featured an art collective from...