Joseph Merrick

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Joseph Merrick

Merrick, Joseph Carey [called Elephant Man] (1862–1890), freak show novelty and medical curiosity

Oxford Biography Index Number 101037759 [what is this?]
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Peter Osborne, ‘Merrick, Joseph Carey [Elephant Man] (1862–1890)’, first published 2004; online edn, May 2006, 1154 words, with portrait illustration

http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/37759

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