Mary herself, her brother Charles, and the general public all accepted that at the moment of the killing she had not known what she was doing. Charles was relieved from nameless fears when a week...
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1819: Surgeon William Lawrence's publication of...
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1819
Surgeon William Lawrence
's publication of his lectures on the Natural History of Man caused a scandal because conservatives believed it reduced humans to the level of animals.
4 July 1828: The House of Lords affirmed Lord Eldon's...
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4 July 1828
The House of Lords
affirmed Lord Eldon
's epoch-making decision which awarded custody of three children whose mother was dead to the mother's sisters instead of to the father.
