Paul Boyton (often misspelled Boynton; 29 June 1848 – 18 April 1924), known as the Fearless Frogman, was a showman and adventurer some credit as having...

16-acre (65,000 m2) amusement park started in 1895 on Coney Island by Paul Boyton. He fenced the property and charged admission, the park becoming the...

word frogman first arose in the stage name the "Fearless Frogman" of Paul Boyton in the 1870s and later was claimed by John Spence, an enlisted member...

Boyton may refer to: Boyton, Cornwall Boyton, Suffolk Boyton, Wiltshire Ian Boyton (born 1974), English cricketer James Boyton (1855–1926), British estate...

acquaintances at Paul Boyton's "Ship", including boxer Paddy Ryan, wrestler William Muldoon, and actor Henry E. Dixey. Paul Boyton later claimed to have...

Perkins. Chuck Bowen of Slant Magazine wrote that Roberts, Shipka, and Boyton were "poignant in their minimalist roles". Boynton starred in the coming-of-age...

it was all a stunt for publicity. The first successful attempt was by Paul Boyton, wearing a rubber survival suit designed for passengers of sinking ships...

popularity. Paul Boyton opened Paul Boyton's Water Chute, America's first modern amusement park, at 63rd and Drexel in Chicago, on July 4, 1894. Boyton's was...

That same month, future American rival Paul Boyton paddled across the Channel in a survival suit. Although Boyton used a suit, the public viewed them as...

was made from rubber sheeting and became famous by the swim records of Paul Boyton. It was essentially a pair of rubber pants and shirt cinched tight at...

& Sell Circus decided to sell Topsy. Topsy was sold in June 1902 to Paul Boyton, owner of Coney Island's Sea Lion Park, and added to the menagerie of...

looping wooden roller coaster which operated for a number of years at Paul Boyton's Sea Lion Park on Coney Island in Brooklyn, New York. The coaster, which...

professional basketball manager and college basketball coach. Captain Paul Boyton (1848–1924) - author, inventor, and member of the International Swimming...

Lions is short silent film featuring Paul Boyton feeding sea lions at his Sea Lion Park at Coney Island. Boyton is shown feeding the trained sea lions...

or "Shoot the Chutes" (after the water slide made famous by "Captain" Paul Boyton). The manufacturer, Wicksteed, ballyhoo claim that the playground slide...

1870) April 14 – Louis Sullivan, American architect (b. 1856) April 19 – Paul Boyton, Irish-American extreme water sports pioneer (b. 1848) April 21 Marie...

(September 1, 2012). "State Fair's Ye Old Mill: As timeless as a first kiss". St. Paul Pioneer Press. Retrieved July 15, 2015. "Ye Old Mill". Iowa State Fair Blue...

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governor of Georgia. Member of St. John's Lodge No. 45, Jackson, Georgia. Paul Boyton (1848–1924), Irish showman and adventurer. Known as the "Fearless Frogman"...

Prize for Physics 2002), Abdus Salam (Nobel Prize for Physics 1979), Paul Boyton (University of Washington), George Coyne (former director of the Vatican...

Eddy and Turk Streets. In 1894, Paul Boyton conceived of the "Paul Boyton's Water Chutes" amusement ride in Chicago. Boyton began licensing the concept,...

1851) April 17 – Jane Kelley Adams, educator (born 1852) April 19 – Paul Boyton, extreme water sports pioneer (born 1848 in Ireland) April 14 – Louis...

great personal risk in their pursuit. He joined adventurer and showman Paul Boyton on his treks across the Yellowstone River and Mississippi River, dodged...

in any way they could, and to serve as scouts. The American engineer Paul Boyton, who was hired by the Peruvian government to develop torpedoes to be...

civilians in the line of San Juan–Chorrillos. The American engineer Paul Boyton narrated: The troops were of natives who had been recruited in the mountain...

and would remain a regular Saturday evening program until 1952. Died: Paul Boyton, 75, American swimmer, water sports promoter and ornithologist, known...

Toledo, Ohio with sandbags, monkeys, and eventually human riders. Showman Paul Boyton was impressed and decided to purchase the coaster and move it to his...

Company. Beecher had previously designed the wooden Flip Flap Railway at Paul Boyton's Sea Lion Park on Coney Island, New York, but that coaster's circular...

World's Fair in St. Louis: a smaller version was built and installed in Paul Boyton's Steeplechase Park instead... along with a sign that stated "On this...

was Captain Paul Boyton, who passed through the falls in a rubber floating suit on October 30, 1879, with about 2,000 spectators. "[Boyton] said the water...