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Albert Pierrepoint
English executioner (1905-1992) · United Kingdom · On the map · Died at 87
Albert Pierrepoint was an English hangman who executed between 435 and 600 people in a 25-year career that ended in 1956. His father Henry and uncle Thomas were official hangmen before him.
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Albert's father Henry
Facsimile of British hangman's equipment, shown at Wandsworth Prison museum
Execution Box number eight, containing all the equipment needed for an executioner; shown at Wandsworth Prison museum
X-ray of the cervical spine with a hangman's fracture. Left without annotation, right with. The C2 (red outline) is moved forward with respect to C3 (blue outline).
Irma Grese and Josef Kramer, both officials at Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, awaiting trial; both were executed by Pierrepoint.
Two of those convicted of treason and hanged by Pierrepoint, John Amery (left) and William Joyce (right)
Pierrepoint's life mask and hand casts, at the Wandsworth Prison museumAbout this person
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United Kingdom
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1905 to 1992 · aged 87