For April 1826. I intended to write about Andrew Whiston, King of the Beggars, and how resurrection men and surgeons were deprived of his cadaver. But David Bingham at The London Dead has already written an excellent post on exactly that topic: thelondondead.blogspot.com/2021/07/the-...
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The Death of the King of the Beggars; Andrew Whiston (1770-1826) St Saviour's churchyard, Southwark
Detail from "30 Extraordinary Characters..." showing Andrew Whiston in his homemade carriage When Andrew Whiston, a renowned dwarf, died on ...