John Hunter paid the undertaker 500 pounds to steal Charles Byrne's corpse and replace it with stones in the casket.
Sources
- Why the Skeleton of the "Irish Giant" Could Be Buried at Sea (smithsonianmag.com)
- https://www.stgeorges.nhs.uk/about/history/st-georges-hospital/the-tallest-man-in-england/ (stgeorges.nhs.uk)
- https://geneticsunzipped.com/transcripts/2021/5/6/giant-steps-charles-byrne-the-irish-giant (geneticsunzipped.com)
- https://home.nzcity.co.nz/news/article.aspx?id=403261&fm=psp,tst (home.nzcity.co.nz)
- https://www.museumsassociation.org/museums-journal/news/2018/06/20062018-hunterian-to-consider-release-of-irish-giant-skeleton/ (museumsassociation.org)
- http://www.ricorso.net/rx/az-data/authors/b/Byrne_C/life.htm (ricorso.net)
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