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Joseph_Merrick abstract "Joseph Carey Merrick (5 August 1862 – 11 April 1890), sometimes incorrectly referred to as John Merrick, was an English man with severe deformities who was exhibited as a human curiosity named the Elephant Man. He became well known in London society after he went to live at the London Hospital. Merrick was born in Leicester, Leicestershire and began to develop abnormally during the first few years of his life. His skin appeared thick and lumpy, he developed an enlargement of his lips, and a bony lump grew on his forehead. One of his arms and both feet became enlarged and at some point during his childhood he fell and damaged his hip, resulting in permanent lameness. When he was 10, his mother died and his father soon remarried. Merrick left school at 13, and had difficulty finding employment. Rejected by his father and stepmother, he left home. In late 1879, aged 17, Merrick entered the Leicester Union Workhouse.In 1884, after four years in the workhouse, Merrick contacted a showman named Sam Torr and proposed that Torr should exhibit him. Torr agreed, and arranged for a group of men to manage Merrick, whom they named the Elephant Man. After touring the East Midlands, Merrick travelled to London to be exhibited in a penny gaff shop on Whitechapel Road which was rented by showman Tom Norman. Norman's shop, directly across the street from the London Hospital, was visited by a surgeon named Frederick Treves, who invited Merrick to be examined and photographed. Soon after Merrick's visits to the hospital, Tom Norman's shop was closed by the police and Merrick's managers sent him to tour in Europe.In Belgium, Merrick was robbed by his road manager and abandoned in Brussels. He eventually made his way back to London; unable to communicate, he was found by the police to have Frederick Treves' card on him. Treves came and took Merrick back to the London Hospital. Although his condition was incurable, Merrick was allowed to stay at the hospital for the remainder of his life. Treves visited him daily and the pair developed quite a close friendship. Merrick also received visits from the wealthy ladies and gentlemen of London society, including Alexandra, Princess of Wales.Merrick died on 11 April 1890, aged 27. The official cause of death was asphyxia, although Treves, who dissected the body, said that Merrick had died of a dislocated neck. He believed that Merrick—who had to sleep sitting up because of the weight of his head—had been attempting to sleep lying down, to "be like other people".The exact cause of Merrick's deformities is unclear. The dominant theory throughout much of the 20th century was that Merrick suffered from neurofibromatosis type I. In 1986, a new theory emerged that he had Proteus syndrome. In 2001 it was proposed that Merrick had suffered from a combination of neurofibromatosis type I and Proteus syndrome. DNA tests conducted on his hair and bones have proven inconclusive.In 1979, Bernard Pomerance's play about Merrick called The Elephant Man debuted, and David Lynch's film, also called The Elephant Man, was released the following year.".
Joseph_Merrick alias ""Elephant Man", John Merrick".
Joseph_Merrick alias "Merrick, Joseph Carey; The Elephant Man; Merrick, John".
Joseph_Merrick birthDate "1862-08-05".
Joseph_Merrick birthDate "1863-08-05".
Joseph_Merrick birthName "Joseph Carey Merrick".
Joseph_Merrick birthPlace England.
Joseph_Merrick birthPlace Leicester.
Joseph_Merrick birthPlace Leicestershire.
Joseph_Merrick birthYear "1862".
Joseph_Merrick birthYear "1863".
Joseph_Merrick deathDate "1890-04-11".
Joseph_Merrick deathPlace England.
Joseph_Merrick deathPlace Whitechapel.
Joseph_Merrick deathYear "1890".
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Joseph_Merrick alternativeNames "Merrick, Joseph Carey; The Elephant Man; Merrick, John".
Joseph_Merrick birthDate "1862-08-05".
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Joseph_Merrick birthname "Joseph Carey Merrick".
Joseph_Merrick caption "Joseph Merrick photographed, 1889".
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Joseph_Merrick dateOfBirth "1863-08-05".
Joseph_Merrick dateOfDeath "1890-04-11".
Joseph_Merrick deathDate "1890-04-11".
Joseph_Merrick deathPlace "The London Hospital, Whitechapel, London, England".
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Joseph_Merrick name "Merrick, Joseph".
Joseph_Merrick otherNames ""Elephant Man", John Merrick".
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Joseph_Merrick quote ""I was taunted and sneered at so that I would not go home to my meals, and used to stay in the streets with an hungry belly rather than return for anything to eat, what few half-meals I did have, I was taunted with the remark—'That's more than you have earned.'"".
Joseph_Merrick quote "'Tis true my form is something odd,".
Joseph_Merrick quote "But blaming me is blaming God;".
Joseph_Merrick quote "Could I create myself anew".
Joseph_Merrick quote "He often said to me that he wished he could lie down to sleep 'like other people' ... he must, with some determination, have made the experiment ... Thus it came about that his death was due to the desire that had dominated his life—the pathetic but hopeless desire to be 'like other people'.".
Joseph_Merrick quote "I would be measured by the soul;".
Joseph_Merrick quote "I would not fail in pleasing you.".
Joseph_Merrick quote "If I could reach from pole to pole".
Joseph_Merrick quote "Ladies and gentlemen ... I would like to introduce Mr Joseph Merrick, the Elephant Man. Before doing so I ask you please to prepare yourselves—Brace yourselves up to witness one who is probably the most remarkable human being ever to draw the breath of life.".
Joseph_Merrick quote "Or grasp the ocean with a span,".
Joseph_Merrick quote "The mind's the standard of the man.".
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Joseph_Merrick shortDescription "English sideshow performer".
Joseph_Merrick source "— "The Autobiography of Joseph Carey Merrick"".
Joseph_Merrick source "—Frederick Treves".
Joseph_Merrick source "—Tom Norman".
Joseph_Merrick source "—poem used by Joseph Merrick to end his letters, adapted from "False Greatness" by Isaac Watts".
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Joseph_Merrick description "English sideshow performer".
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Joseph_Merrick comment "Joseph Carey Merrick (5 August 1862 – 11 April 1890), sometimes incorrectly referred to as John Merrick, was an English man with severe deformities who was exhibited as a human curiosity named the Elephant Man. He became well known in London society after he went to live at the London Hospital. Merrick was born in Leicester, Leicestershire and began to develop abnormally during the first few years of his life.".
Joseph_Merrick label "Joseph Merrick".
Joseph_Merrick label "Joseph Merrick".
Joseph_Merrick label "Joseph Merrick".