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BLONDIN (1824-1897)

This article appears in Volume V04, Page 77 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: BLA-BOS
BLONDIN (1824-1897) ,
French
  tight-rope
walker
  and acrobat, was born at St Omer, France, on the 28th of
February
  1824. His real name was
Jean
  Francois Gravelet. When five years old he was sent to the Ecole de Gymnase at Lyons and, after six months' training as an acrobat, made his first public
appearance
  as " The Little Wonder." His superior skill and grace as well as the originality of the settings of his acts, made him a popular favourite. He especially owed his celebrity and fortune to his
idea
  of crossing Niagara Falls on a tight-rope, 11oo ft.
long
 , 16o ft. above the water. This he accomplished, first in 1859, a number of times, always with different theatric variations: blindfold, in a sack, trundling a wheelbarrow, on stilts, carrying a man on his back, sitting down midway while he made and ate an omelette. In 1861 Blondin first appeared in London, at the Crystal Palace, turning somersaults on stilts on a rope stretched across the central transept, 170 ft. from the ground. In 1862 he again gave a
series
  of performances at the Crystal Palace, and elsewhere in England, and on the
continent
 . After a period of retirement he reappeared in 1880, his final performance being given at Belfast in 1896. He died at Ealing, London, on the 19th of
February
  1897.


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