William Burke
1792–1829
Criminal. He and his accomplice, William Hare, suffocated their victims and sold their bodies to an anatomy school. Found guilty of murder and hanged.
Source
DNB.
Bibliography
DNB: Dictionary of national biography. Edited by Leslie Stephen and Sidney Lee. 63 vols. and 2 supplements (6 vols.). London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1912. Dictionary of national biography 1912–90. Edited by H. W. C. Davis et al. 9 vols. London: Oxford University Press. 1927–96.
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