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William Calcraft was an English hangman, one of the most prolific of British executioners. It is estimated in his 45-year career he carried out 450 executions.
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![Newgate Prison in the mid-19th century. Between 1783 and 1868 all public executions in London took place on a temporary gallows erected in front of the prison.[2]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/West_View_of_Newgate_by_George_Shepherd_%281784-1862%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/500px-West_View_of_Newgate_by_George_Shepherd_%281784-1862%29_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=parser&utm_content=thumbnail)
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deceased
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Lived 1800 to 1879 · aged 79
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