Jemmy Hirst
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Jemmy Hirst
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James "Jemmy" Hirst (1738–1829) was an English eccentric. Hirst was born to a farmer family of Rawcliffe, Yorkshire. Even at school he kept a pet jackdaw and trained a hedgehog to follow him around. His parents' hope that he would become a priest never materialised when he was thrown out of school for his pranks. Hirst was apprenticed to a tanner, fell in love with his daughter and became engaged to her. Reputedly Hirst's eccentricity began when his betrothed died of smallpox after he rescued he
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