William Leonard Hunt

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1838 – 1929

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Who was William Leonard Hunt?

William Leonard Hunt, also known by the stage name The Great Farini, was a well known nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Canadian funambulist, entertainment promoter and inventor, as well as the first known white man to cross the Kalahari Desert on foot and survive.

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Born
Jun 10, 1838
Lockport
Nationality
  • Canada
Died
Jan 17, 1929

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on July 23, 2013

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