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Manchester Mummy

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British eccentric

Lived 1688 to 1758 · aged 70
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Hannah Beswick, of Birchin Bower in Hollinwood, an area of Oldham in what is now Greater Manchester, England, was a wealthy woman who had a pathological fear of premature burial. Following her death in 1758, her body was embalmed and kept above ground to be periodically checked for signs of life.

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