Burke and Hare were well known resurrection men who supplied fresh corpses to the Edinburgh Anatomical Schools, often by murder.
Each London anatomical student needed at least three bodies during their training. The only legitimate supply was from the gallows which yielded just 52 bodies in 1831. So was Edinburgh the only place to have seen murder just for the trade in human corpses or did London have it's own "burkers”?
- Join Gold (£15 per month, cancel anytime), to attend this event, access a recording, get free tickets to all other Gold talks AND catch up on 200+ previously recorded sessions.
- Not a Gold Member yet? Existing members upgrade here. Non-members, find out more about Gold here.
Click here for information about our events. Contact events@sog.org.uk if you have any questions.
About the Speaker
Alec Tritton
Alec Tritton has been a family historian for over 35 years, and lectures regularly on many topics related to genealogy and family history, and particularly on Nonconformity and burial grounds. He was formerly the Chairman of the Federation of Family History Societies, Chairman of the Guild of One-Name studies and Vice-Chairman of the Society of Genealogists. He is currently Chairman of the Halsted Trust, a Fellow of the Society of Genealogists, and has been a tutor for our society for several years.
