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Jan 22, 2007 · Joseph Carey Merrick, born in England on August 5, 1862, is better known as The Elephant Man. Through horrible physical deformities which were almost impossible to describe, he spent much of his life exhibited as a fairground freak until even nineteenth-century sensibilities could take no more.
Joseph Carey Merrick (5 August 1862 – 11 April 1890), often erroneously called John Merrick, was an English man known for his severe physical deformities.He was first exhibited at a freak show under the stage name "the Elephant Man", and then went to live at the London Hospital, in Whitechapel, after meeting Sir Frederick Treves, subsequently becoming well known in London society.
- Artist
- 1884–1885
- The Elephant Man, John Merrick
- Physical deformities due to suspected Proteus syndrome
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OCLC. 7280384. The True History of the Elephant Man is a biography of Joseph Merrick written by Michael Howell and Peter Ford. It was published in 1980 in London, by Allison & Busby. It was distributed in the United States by Schocken Books. A second edition was published in 1983. Following Michael Howell's death in 1986, Peter Ford published a ...
- Michael Howell, Peter Ford
- 194 (1st edition)
- 1980
- 1980
Oct 31, 2022 · Joseph Carey Merrick was born in a slum in 1862, and things pretty much went downhill from there. ... He’s been the subject of countless books, plays, and films, and is, without doubt, more ...
Joseph Carey Merrick, born in England on August 5, 1862, is better known as The Elephant Man. Through horrible physical deformities which were almost impossible to describe, he spent much of his life exhibited as a fairground freak until even nineteenth-century sensibilities could take no more.
Aug 29, 2013 · BBC Radio 4's PM programme. The Elephant Man, Joseph Merrick, was an object of curiosity and ridicule throughout his life - studied, prodded and examined by the Victorian medical establishment ...
