# Professor Pinte — Struggles and Triumphs character guide

> Professor Pinte in Struggles and Triumphs by P. T. Barnum.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Pinte, Presently Professor Pinte, Mr. Pinte

**First appearance:** 0010-viii-the-american-museum

## Who they are

A performer or lecturer associated with Barnum.

## In the story

### [XIII: In Belgium](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/struggles_and_triumphs_se/chapters/xiii-in-belgium)

Interpreter and preceptor; loses his passport, broods over being called a showman, and learns about 'soft soap.'

### [Appendix II: A Remarkable Campaign](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/struggles_and_triumphs_se/chapters/appendix-ii-a-remarkable-campaign)

Mentioned as the inventor of the automaton talker; Barnum contracts with him for $20,000.

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