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Jacob Jewell

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Jacob Jewell
DiedSeptember 1884 (1884-10)
Resting placeWest Ham Jewish Cemetery[1]
OccupationCircus owner

Jacob Jewell (died September 1884) was the owner of the largest traveling circus in England. He was tenant, under William Holland, of North Woolwich Gardens for about fifteen years. Jewell was the only Jewish itinerant showman attending the English and Continental fairs for more than sixty years.[1]

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 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainJacobs, Joseph (1904). "Jewell, Jacob". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. Vol. 7. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. p. 175.