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Charles Blondin - Wikipedia Charles Blondin (born Jean François Gravelet, 28 February 1824 – 22 February 1897) was a French tightrope walker and acrobat He toured the United States and was known for crossing the 1,100 ft (340 m) Niagara Gorge on a tightrope
The Daredevil of Niagara Falls - Smithsonian Magazine During the winter of 1858, a 34-year-old French acrobat named Jean François Gravelet, better known as Monsieur Charles Blondin, traveled to Niagara Falls hoping to become the first person to
Blondin | Facts, Biography, Niagara Falls | Britannica Blondin (born February 28, 1824, Hesdin, France—died February 22, 1897, Little Ealing, near London, England) was a French tightrope walker and acrobat who owed his celebrity and fortune to his feat of crossing the gorge below Niagara Falls on a tightrope 1,100 feet (335 metres) long, 160 feet (49 metres) above the water
Charles Blondin - Niagara Falls Up Close Charles Blondin was the very first man to ever walk the wire over the Niagara Gorge near Niagara Falls However, Charles Blondin‘s real name was Jean-François Gravelet Born in France, Gravelet was totally absorbed by the “wire” after watching a wire walker at the circus as a young child
The Man Who Tightroped Niagara Falls on Stilts - Mental Floss Long before Nik Wallenda crossed Niagara Falls on a high wire—decades, in fact, before Nik’s grandfather, Karl, even founded the Flying Wallendas—there was Blondin Born Jean Francois Gravelet,
Charles Blondin Biography - life, family, children, name, death . . . French daredevil acrobat Charles Blondin (1824–1897) gained fame as the first person to walk across Niagara Falls on a tightrope The amazing feat gained Blondin international recognition and helped make him a wealthy entertainer
History of Niagara Falls Daredevils - The Great Blondin The most famous of Niagara’s daredevils was Jean Francois Gravelot; better know as “The Great Blondin” He was born February 28th 1824 in St Omer, Pas de Calais in Northern France Blondin first came to Niagara in early 1858 and instantly became obsessed with crossing the Niagara River on a tightrope
Charles Blondin: The Tightrope Walker and Daredevil Charles Blondin had such a stellar reputation that his name became synonymous with tightrope walking, and many acrobats took the name “Blondin,” Among them was the “Austrian Blondin” (Henri L’Estrange), the “Female Blondin” (Madame Genevieve), and Arsens Blondin, who traversed a river in France
The Hero of Niagara and His Wheelbarrows • V A Blog The most famous nineteenth century tightrope-walking celebrity was the charismatic French showman Jean François Gravelet, or Blondin Born in Hesdin near Calais in 1824, he was enrolled by his father, a dancer and tightrope-walker himself, in the École Gymnase at Lyons, aged five
Charles Blondin Crossed Niagara Falls Gorge on a Tightrope, 1859 Charles Blondin, (born Jean Francois Gravelet), a French tightrope walker and acrobat, better known as “The Great Blondin,” was obsessed with crossing the Niagara River on a tightrope after he first came to Niagara in early 1858