Charles Rice

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☨ Charles Rice
Profession	wildlife animal trader
Personal details
Born	1841 in United Kingdom

Dead	1879 in United Kingdom


Spouse(s)	Louise Hagenbeck

Residence
Country	United Kingdom

Locations
Title	animal trader -
Location	at Charles Rice Anmal Emporium in United Kingdom

Biography details

Charles Rice , wildlife animal trader in United Kingdom

Rice was born * 1841 in United Kingdom dead 1879 , in United Kingdom

Married to Louise Hagenbeck born 1848 Hamburg in Germany .

Charles Rice was married to Marie Dorothea Louise Hagenbeck (1848-1886), sister of Carl Hagenbeck Jr. , owner of Firma Carl Hagenbeck.

From Wild animals in captivity, by A. D. Bartlett, London ZooThe African elephant Alice was purchased of the late Mr. C. Rice (who at the time had an establishment in St. Georges Street, E.) for the sum of £500.
page 51, Wild animals in captivity, by A. D. Bartlett

Charles Rice is mentioned on 4 other person pagesCarl Hagenbeck, Charles Noyes, Gottfried Hagenbeck, John Wilson,

Charles Rice is mentioned on 8 location pagesBarnum & Bailey Circus, Charles Rice Anmal Emporium, Circus Kludsky, Circus Medrano (Cirque Medrano, Cirque Fernando), Firma Carl Hagenbeck, Jamrach menagerie, John Wilson, Ringling Bros. Circus,

Charles Rice is mentioned on 3 elephant record pagesAlice, Lallah Rookh (Juliet, Jenny Lind), Tippoo Sultan,

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). animal trader Charles Rice in United Kingdom. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 21 May 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/person.php?id=409. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

p. 87,
Elephants and Egotists by Patricia Sumerling
Page 33, Carl Hagenbeck, by Haug von Kuenheim
page 51, Wild animals in captivity, by A. D. Bartlett. Available online at https://archive.org/details/cu31924001566177
https://www.geni.com/people/Charles-Rice/6000000177430272865

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