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Peter (chimpanzee)
Peter was a vaudeville performer active between 1907 and 1910 in Europe and the USA. In Europe, he entertained British royalty and had shows in Paris, London, and Germany. In America, he performed in New York, Buffalo, Pittsburgh, Detroit, Boston and other American cities. As a subject of scientific interest, he was taken to universities and was the subject of two published research papers. It is possible Peter inspired Franz Kafka's short story, "A Report to an Academy", about a chimpanzee who escapes life in a cage by becoming a human-like stage performer named Red Peter. Biography Peter was captured in Senegambia around 1904. By 1907, he was owned and trained by Joseph McArdle and his wife, Barbara McArdle, who raised him with their own daughter. According the Pittsburg Daily Post, he had an adversion to policemen which the newspaper explained as due to Peter not being able to distinguish them from French militia and his "hair-breadth escapes from the French soldiers in Africa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vaudeville
Vaudeville (; ) is a theatrical genre of variety entertainment which began in France in the middle of the 19th century. A ''vaudeville'' was originally a comedy without psychological or moral intentions, based on a comical situation: a dramatic composition or light poetry, interspersed with songs and dances. Vaudeville became popular in the United States and Canada from the early 1880s until the early 1930s, while changing over time. In some ways analogous to music hall from Victorian Britain, a typical North American vaudeville performance was made up of a series of separate, unrelated acts grouped together on a common bill. Types of acts have included popular and classical musicians, singers, dancers, comedians, trained animals, magicians, ventriloquists, strongmen, female and male impersonators, acrobats, clowns, illustrated songs, jugglers, one-act plays or scenes from plays, athletes, lecturing celebrities, minstrels, and films. A vaudeville performer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Michigan
The University of Michigan (U-M, U of M, or Michigan) is a public university, public research university in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States. Founded in 1817, it is the oldest institution of higher education in the state. The University of Michigan is one of the earliest American research universities and is a founding member of the Association of American Universities. In the fall of 2023, the university employed 8,189 faculty members and enrolled 52,065 students in its programs. The university is Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity". It consists of nineteen colleges and offers 250 degree programs at the undergraduate and graduate levels. The university is Higher education accreditation in the United States, accredited by the Higher Learning Commission. In 2021, it ranked third among American universities in List of countries by research and development spending, research expe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Individual Chimpanzees
An individual is one that exists as a distinct entity. Individuality (or self-hood) is the state or quality of living as an individual; particularly (in the case of humans) as a person unique from other people and possessing one's own needs or goals, rights and responsibilities. The concept of an individual features in many fields, including biology, law, and philosophy. Every individual contributes significantly to the growth of a civilization. Society is a multifaceted concept that is shaped and influenced by a wide range of different things, including human behaviors, attitudes, and ideas. The culture, morals, and beliefs of others as well as the general direction and trajectory of the society can all be influenced and shaped by an individual's activities. Etymology From the 15th century and earlier (and also today within the fields of statistics and metaphysics) ''individual'' meant " indivisible", typically describing any numerically singular thing, but sometimes meanin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Individual Apes
This is a list of non-human apes of encyclopedic interest. It includes individual chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans, bonobos, and gibbons that are in some way famous or notable. Actors * J. Fred Muggs (a chimpanzee born 1952) was a "co-host" with Dave Garroway on NBC's ''Today Show'' in the 1950s. * Jiggs, a chimpanzee, was the first Cheeta in the Tarzan films in the 1930s. * Jimmy, a chimpanzee, appeared in the film ''Dark Venture'' * Joe Martin, an orangutan, appeared in several silent-era American films * Pankun (パン君, born October 1, 2001), a chimpanzee, was featured in Japanese TV shows (''Genius! Shimura Zoo'') and the TBS program (''Unbelievable Animals!'') with bulldog James, (active 2005–2012). * Peter (active 1907–1910)—a chimpanzee vaudeville performer who was studied by Lightner Witmer * Sam (1989–2010), an orangutan, played Dunston in the 1995 movie comedy '' Dunston Checks In''; he was trained by Larry Madrid. * Tonka, the chimpanzee subject of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winthrop Kellogg
Winthrop Niles Kellogg (April 13, 1898 – June 22, 1972) was an American comparative psychologist who studied the behavior of a number of intelligent animal species. Early life Winthrop Niles Kellogg was born in 1898 in Mount Vernon, New York. He began undergraduate study in 1916 at Cornell University for one year before joining the Great War (World War I) in Europe. For two years he served as part of the American Expeditionary Forces in the US Army Air Service, earning him the prestigious Croix de Guerre. After the war, he returned to undergraduate study at Indiana University Bloomington. There he met Luella Dorothy Agger of Indianapolis, whom he would marry in 1920. Kellogg graduated from Indiana in 1922 majoring in philosophy and psychology. Kellogg tried out several jobs, including a journalist, but was persuaded by Luella's uncle to have a go in academia. Kellogg followed this advice enrolling in the psychology program at Columbia University, where he would receive his Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
