| LC control no. | nr 96009634 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Hunt, William Leonard, 1838-1929 |
| Variant(s) | Farini, Signor, 1838-1928 Farini, Gilarmi Antonio, 1838-1928 Farini, Guillermo Antonio, 1838-1928 Farini, G. A. (Gilarmi Antonio), 1838-1928 Farini, G. A. (Guillermo Antonio), 1838-1928 Hunt, William, 1838-1928 |
| Associated country | United States Canada England Germany |
| Birth date | 1838-06-10 |
| Death date | 1929-01-17 |
| Place of birth | Lockport (N.Y.) |
| Field of activity | Acrobatics Tightrope walking Circus |
| Profession or occupation | Aerialists Strong men Circus performers |
| Found in | The great Farini, 1995: t.p. verso (Hunt, William, 1838-1928) Can. CIP (Hunt, William, 1838-1928) Peacock, S. The great Farini, 1995: p. 49 (in 1859 William Leonard Hunt started calling himself Signor Farini, later adding Guillermo Antonio to the name) Through the Kalahari Desert, 1973: t.p. (G.A. Farini) jacket (real name, William Leonard Hunt) King Solomon and the showman, 2016: page viii (G.A. Farini, nineteenth-century showman) page 2 (Gilarmi Antonio Farini) Wikipedia, Feb. 3, 2017 (William Leonard Hunt; born June 10, 1838 in Lockport, New York; family moved to Ontario, Canada in 1843; Hunt became interested in show business, and developed strength and acrobatic skills; performed as strongman and tightrope walker, including over Niagara Falls; by 1866 he was performing in London as part of the Flying Farinis, was one of the most celebrated acrobats and trapeze artists in Europe; ended his acrobat career in 1969, remained in show business as a trainer and manager of acrobats; crossed the Kalahari on foot in 1885 with adoptive son Lulu Farini, who did sketches and photos of the trip, claimed to have found the Lost City of the Kalahari, published book on that experience in 1886; retired to Forest Hill, London in 1890, began focusing on flower horticulture and inventing; in 1899 he left England with his German (third) wife and settled in Toronto, took up painting and sculpture; in 1909 they moved to Germany, where he worked as a translator and wrote a 30-volume history of World War I from a German perspective; returned to North America in 1920, lived in New York and Ontario, settled in Port Hope, Ontario; died there of influenza Jan. 17, 1929) |
| Associated language | eng ger |
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