Burke and Hare murders
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burke-and-hare-murders-164-4541645
title:
Burke and Hare murders
text:
The Burke and Hare murders were a series of sixteen murders committed over a period of about ten months in 1828 in Edinburgh, Scotland. They were undertaken by William Burke and William Hare, who sold the corpses to Robert Knox for dissection at his anatomy lectures. Edinburgh was a leading European centre of anatomical study in the early 19th century, in a time when the demand for cadavers led to a shortfall in legal supply. Scottish law required that corpses used for medical research should on
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1828 series of killings in Edinburgh, Scotland
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burke_and_Hare_murders
date created:
2003-10-28T18:38:18Z
date modified:
2024-08-28T17:42:17Z
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