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    John Nicholas Ringling (May 31, 1866 – December 2, 1936) was an American entrepreneur who is the best known of the seven Ringling brothers, five of whom...
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    The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, also known as the Ringling Bros. Circus, Ringling Bros., the Barnum & Bailey Circus, Barnum & Bailey, or...
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    Beginning their tented circus in 1884, Alf T. Ringling, Al Ringling, Charles Ringling, John Ringling, and Otto Ringling soon became known as Kings Of The Circus...
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    The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art is the official state art museum of Florida, located in Sarasota, Florida. It was established in 1927 as the...
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    Ringling College of Art and Design (RCAD; stylized as Ringling College of Art + Design) is a private art and design school in Sarasota, Florida. It was...
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  • (1863–1926), circus owner John Ringling (1866–1936), circus owner Otto Ringling (1858–1911), American circusman and businessman Henry Ringling North (1909–1993)...
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    John Ringling North (August 14, 1903 – June 4, 1985) was the president and director of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus from 1937 to 1943...
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    United States census. It was named for John Ringling, the founder of the Ringling Brothers Circus. John Ringling and a partner, Jake Hamon, financed construction...
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    John Ringling Causeway (also known as Ringling Bridge or Gil Waters Bridge) is a causeway that extends past the Sarasota Bay, from Sarasota to St. Armands...
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    Charles, John, and Henry. The Ringling brothers were sons of a German immigrant, August Frederick Rüngeling, who changed his name to Ringling once he settled...
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  • south of the John Ringling Causeway, between mainland Sarasota and St. Armands Key. Originally a small barrier island connected to the Ringling Causeway by...
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  • Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Clown College was an American circus school which trained around 1,400 clowns in the "Ringling style" from its founding...
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    manifest from this ship list many members of the John Robinson Circus, which was later acquired by John Ringling, Violetta's later employer. For many years...
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  • and John Ringling followed, living farther to the south. Soon, children and members of the extended family increased the presence of the Ringling family...
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    of Sarasota, Florida. The island is connected to the mainland by the John Ringling Causeway. A Frenchman named Charles St. Amand bought property on the...
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    entrepreneur, and art collector John Ringling and his wife Mable Burton Ringling. The name Cà d'Zan means "House of John" in the Venetian language; in Italian...
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    and operations chief, while his brother, John Ringling North, was the president and chairman of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, founded...
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    state road curves southwest and becomes the John Ringling Causeway, crossing over Sarasota Bay on the Ringling Bridge. SR 789 runs across the northern part...
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  • Diabetes. In 1991, John and Mable Ringling and his sister, Ida Ringling North, were moved and buried at the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, just...
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    on the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art property, being placed between Bay Shore Road and Tamiami Trail, and facing south toward Ringling Plaza....
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    New York Times. September 10, 1929. Retrieved 2009-02-12. John Ringling, head of the Ringling Brothers-Barnum Bailey Combined Circus, has purchased the...
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    Charles Edward Ringling (December 2, 1863 – December 3, 1926) was one of the Ringling brothers, who owned the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus...
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    part of the city of Sarasota and is connected to mainland Sarasota by John Ringling Causeway. To its north is Longboat Key; to its east are Bird Key and...
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    and Manatee. Starting in 1923, John Ringling purchased a large amount of land on Longboat Key. In February 1926, Ringling entered a contract to develop...
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  • is the best known of the seven Ringling brothers, five of whom merged the Barnum & Bailey Circus with their own Ringling Bros World's Greatest Shows. In...
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  • interior of Paradiso Perduto. The mansion was built in 1924 by Mable and John Ringling. The façade was dressed to appear decrepit and overgrown, a gate was...
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    people remain in the town today. Ringling was originally called Leader, but was renamed for John Ringling of the Ringling Brothers Circus family when the...
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    Otto Ringling (born William Henry Ringling; 1858 – March 31, 1911) was an American Circusman, businessman, and the third oldest of the Ringling brothers...
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    the last day of the John Robinson season, Emmett Kelly Jr. was born in Dyersburg, Tennessee. On September 12, 1929, John Ringling purchased the American...
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  • career, Burke's brother-in-law and comrade in arms John Ringling North hired him for the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus as an executive director...
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