Carl Hagenbeck | |
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Died | 14 April 1913 Hamburg, Germany | (aged 68)
Nationality | German |
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Spouse | Amanda (n. Mehrman) |
Children | 2 |
Carl Hagenbeck (10 June 1844 – 14 April 1913) was a German merchant of wild animals who supplied many European zoos, as well as P. T. Barnum.[1] He created the modern zoo with animal enclosures without bars that were closer to their natural habitat.[2] He was also an ethnography showman and a pioneer in the display of members of "savage tribes" in Völkerschauen, known nowadays in English as "ethnic shows" or "human zoos",[3][4] which were controversial at the time[5] and are now widely considered racist.[6][7][8][9] The transformation of the zoo architecture initiated by him is known as the Hagenbeck revolution.[10] Hagenbeck founded Germany's most successful privately owned zoo, the Tierpark Hagenbeck, which moved to its present location in Hamburg's Stellingen district in 1907.[4]
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