See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

WILLIAM See also:

• BURKE
• BURKE, ROBERT
• BURKE, SIR JOHN BERNARD (1814–1892)
• WILLIAM BURKE (1792–1829)

BURKE (1792–1829)  , Irish criminal, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

• IRELAND
• IRELAND, CHURCH
• IRELAND, CHURCH OF
• IRELAND, JOHN (1761-1842)
• IRELAND, JOHN (1838- )
• IRELAND, WILLIAM HENRY (1777-1835)

Ireland in 1792 . After trying his+See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand at a variety of trades there, he went to See also:

• SCOTLAND
• SCOTLAND, CHURCH OF
• SCOTLAND, EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF

Scotland about 1817 as a See also:

• NAVVY

navvy, and in 1827 was living in a lodging-See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house in See also:

• EDINBURGH

Edinburgh kept by See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William See also:

• HARE
• HARE, SIR JOHN (1844– )

Hare, another Irish labourer . Towards the end of that See also:

• YEAR

year one of Hare's lodgers, an old See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army pensioner, died . This was the See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period of the See also:

• BODY

body-snatchers or Resurrectionists, and Hare and See also:

• BURKE
• BURKE, ROBERT
• BURKE, SIR JOHN BERNARD (1814–1892)
• BURKE, WILLIAM (1792–1829)

Burke, aware that See also:

• MONEY

money could always be obtained for a See also:

• CORPSE (Lat. corpus, the body)

corpse, sold the body to Dr See also:

• ROBERT
• ROBERT (1275—1343)
• ROBERT, HUBERT (1753-1808)
• ROBERT, LOUIS LEOPOLD (1794-1835)

Robert See also:

• KNOX, HENRY (1750-1806)
• KNOX, JOHN (c. 1505–1572)
• KNOX, PHILANDER CHASE (1853– )

Knox, a leading Edinburgh anatomist, for £7, sos . The See also:

• PRICE
• PRICE, BARTHOLOMEW (1818–1898)
• PRICE, BONAMY (1807-1888)
• PRICE, RICHARD (1723-1791)

price obtained and the simplicity of the transaction suggested to Hare an easy method of making a profitable livelihood, and Burke at once See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell in with the See also:

• PLAN
• PLAN (from Lat. planes, flat)

plan . The ttiwo men inveigled obscure travellers to Hare's or some other lodging-house, made them drunk and then suffocated them, taking care to leave no marks of violence . The bodies were sold to Dr Knox for prices averaging from £8 to £14 . At least fifteen victims had been disposed of in this way when the suspicions of the See also:

• POLICE (Fr. police, government, civil administration, a police force, Gr. sroXumeia, constitution, condition of a state, roars, city, state)

police were aroused, and Burke and Hare were arrested . The latter turned See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king's See also:

• EVIDENCE (Lat. evidentia, evideri, to appear clearly)

evidence, and Burke was found guilty and hanged at Edinburgh on the 28th of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1829 . Hare found it impossible, in view of the strong popular feeling, to remain in Scotland . He is believed to have died in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England under an assumed name . From Burke's method of killing his victims has come the verb "to burke," meaning to suffocate, strangle or suppress secretly, or to kill with the See also:

• OBJECT

object of selling the body for the purposes of See also:

• DISSECTION (from Lat. dissecare, to cut apart)

dissection .

. See See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George See also:

• MACGREGOR, JOHN [" Roc RoY "] (1825-1892)

Macgregor, See also:

• HISTORY

History of Burke and Hare and of the Resurrectionist Times (See also:

• GLASGOW

Glasgow, 1884) .