Charles Blondin

(1824-1897)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Blondin, 1824-1897 LBT ID: ChBlond1897 VIAF ID: 6607954 LOC ID: n93065149	B/BAP: 1824-02-24 DIED: 1897-02-22
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French tightrope walker and acrobat who in 1859 crossed Niagara Falls on a tightrope.
REFERENCES TO Charles Blondin: Charles Knight, Passages of a Working Life during Half a Century: with a Prelude of Early Reminiscences 3 vols (London: Bradbury and Evans, 1864-1865) Chapter III Found 1: ¶ 27