Carl Hagenbeck
German merchant
Carl Hagenbeck was a German merchant of wild animals who supplied many European zoos, as well as P. T. Barnum. He created the modern zoo with animal enclosures without bars that were closer to their natural habitat. He was also an ethnography... Wikipedia
Born: June 10, 1844, Hamburg, Germany
Died: April 14, 1913 (age 68 years), Hamburg, Germany
Place of burial: Ohlsdorf Cemetery, Hamburg, Germany
Children: Lorenz Hagenbeck and Heinrich Hagenbeck
Parents: Gottfried Claes Carl Hagenbeck
Spouse: Amanda (n. Mehrman)