Interesting subject! How rare was it for people to live to the age of 80 back in the 16th century? Of course, statistically the average lifetime was much shorter - but wasn't that largely due to the disproportionately high number of infant and childhood deaths? Morbidly, Sam
On 2 January 2013 17:54, howard posner <[1][email protected]> wrote: On Jan 2, 2013, at 8:49 AM, "Monica Hall" <[2][email protected]> wrote: > Thank you. 1525 seems more likely for his date of birth but 1605 would > still make him 80 when he died! It's been known to happen. -- To get on or off this list see list information at [3]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html -- Sam Chapman Oetlingerstrasse 65 4057 Basel (0041) 79 530 39 91 -- References 1. mailto:[email protected] 2. mailto:[email protected] 3. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
