But always with the ever present danger of death by hardware or
incorrect opinions. We are incredibly lucky that the Handel - Matheson
kendo encounter ended the way it did. And the human immune system,
getting far more vigorous workouts in those days, is a miraculously
wonderful thing.
On 1/3/2013 2:28 PM, Mike Murray wrote:
I remember from an early modern lecture that the average person, a least in
England, if they managed to live past 15 or so they had a good chance of living
until their mid to late 60's
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On Jan 3, 2013, at 4:22 PM, Sam Chapman <[email protected]> wrote:
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.
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