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Albert Pierrepoint
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Albert Pierrepoint was an English hangman who executed between 435 and 600 people in a 25-year career that ended in 1956. His father Henry and uncle Thomas were official hangmen before him.
Albert's father Henry
Albert's father Henry
Facsimile of British hangman's equipment, shown at Wandsworth Prison museum
Facsimile of British hangman's equipment, shown at Wandsworth Prison museum
Execution Box number eight, containing all the equipment needed for an executioner; shown at Wandsworth Prison museum
Execution Box number eight, containing all the equipment needed for an executioner; shown at Wandsworth Prison museum
X-ray of the cervical spine with a hangman's fracture. Left without annotation, right with. The C2 (red outline) is moved forward with respect to C3 (
X-ray of the cervical spine with a hangman's fracture. Left without annotation, right with. The C2 (red outline) is moved forward with respect to C3 (blue outline).
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An executioner, also known as a hangman or headsman, is an official who effects a sentence of capital punishment on a condemned person.
Symbolic robed figure of a medieval public executioner at Peter and Paul Fortress, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Symbolic robed figure of a medieval public executioner at Peter and Paul Fortress, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Photograph (hand-coloured), original dated 1898, of the lord high executioner of the former princely state of Rewah, Central India, with large executi
Photograph (hand-coloured), original dated 1898, of the lord high executioner of the former princely state of Rewah, Central India, with large executioner's sword (Tegha sword)
Depiction of a public execution in Brueghel's The Triumph of Death 1562–1563
Depiction of a public execution in Brueghel's The Triumph of Death 1562–1563
Stylised depiction of public execution of pirates in Hamburg, Germany, 10 September 1573
Stylised depiction of public execution of pirates in Hamburg, Germany, 10 September 1573