Frank C. Bostock in Abney Park Cemetery, Stoke Newington

'In Ever Loving Memory of

FRANK C. BOSTOCK.BORN SEPTEMBER 10TH. 1866.DIED OCTOBER 8TH. 1912. 

ON THAT HAPPY EASTER MORNING

ALL THE GRAVES THEIR DEAD RESTORE;

FATHER, SISTER, CHILD, AND MOTHER,

                                      MEET ONCE MORE.'

Frank Charles Bostock was a renowned animal trainer and menagerie owner whose career really took off when he shipped his animals over to the USA. It was his lion Wallace who drew a great deal of publicity for Bostock, who in later years became best known for his Coney Island show.

Bostock wrote a book called The Training of Wild Animals (New York: Century Co., 1903), and this gives me a good excuse to post a few photos of another wild animal that followed me around for a short time in Abney Park: this squirrel guy.