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Who is Robert Knox from Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers and what is their importance? Stiff:_The_Curious_Lives_of_Human_Cadavers English & Literature Robert Knox | Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers

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Answered by Jill W on 27 Dec 16:10

Robert Knox was a 19th century anatomist, who lived in Edinburgh. He purchased freshly slain corpses from the murderers Hare and Burke.

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Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers