William Burke

(1792-1829)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Burke, William, 1792-1829 DNB: Burke, William (1792–1829), murderer LBT ID: WiBurke1829 VIAF ID: 36791109 LOC ID: nr93025899	B/BAP: 1792 DIED: 1829-01-28
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Irish-born cobbler who with his accomplice William Hare murdered Edinburgh paupers and sold their bodies for dissection.
REFERENCES TO William Burke: Charles Lamb to Bryan Waller Procter, 22 January 1829 in The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb. Letters (London: Methuen and Co., 1905) Found 1: ¶ 2 Sir Walter Scott to Maria Edgeworth, 4 February 1829 in Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Found 1: ¶ 4 Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson), 1794-1854, Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Chapter V 1829 Found 2: ¶ 7 ¶ 7 Charles Lamb, The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb. Letters (London: Methuen and Co., 1905) Letters: 1829 Found 1: ¶ 4