# Philip Astley

> English equestrian, circus owner, and inventor, regarded as being the "father of the modern circus"

**Wikidata**: [Q2003149](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2003149)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Astley)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/philip-astley


## References

1. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
2. Virtual International Authority File
3. SNAC
4. Encyclopædia Britannica Online
5. BnF authorities
6. Dictionary of Irish Biography
7. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
8. Treccani's Enciclopedia on line