Tom Norman, English businessman (died 1930)

Tom Norman

19th and 20th-century English businessman and showman (1860 – 1930)

Tom Norman, born Thomas Noakes, was an English businessman, showman and the last exhibitor of Joseph Merrick who was otherwise known as the "Elephant Man". Among his later exhibits were a troupe of little people, a "Man in a Trance", "John Chambers, the armless Carpenter", and…