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[History by Numbers] The art of deduction
Narrowing down the numbers in your family history
Sep 22
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Andrew Chapman
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How to make coffee, 1699
(Plus: Where to find love, 1695)
Sep 15
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Andrew Chapman
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[History by Numbers] League tables of death
For three centuries the bills of mortality recorded the deaths (and births) of Londoners
Sep 8
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Andrew Chapman
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Scurvy Day, 1903
Tinned meat, lime juice – and perhaps a drop of claret
Sep 1
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Andrew Chapman
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August 2023
[History by Numbers] Tried and tested
Another piece of medical history given brief treatment
Aug 25
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Andrew Chapman
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My precious burden, 1800
Clogs on, or clogs off? It depends.
Aug 18
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Andrew Chapman
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[History by Numbers] The ghost map
How John Snow’s map of a London cholera outbreak ultimately changed the western world
Aug 11
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Andrew Chapman
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Advice comes too late, 1670
Does John have bread and cheese in his head?
Aug 4
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Andrew Chapman
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July 2023
[History by Numbers] Crime and ignorance
The work of 19th century statistician Joseph Fletcher
Jul 28
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Andrew Chapman
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My ever dear General, 1806
Behind every great revolutionary…
Jul 21
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Andrew Chapman
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[History by Numbers] Doctoring the figures
How many physicians practised in the past?
Jul 14
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Andrew Chapman
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Mortally fuddled, 1702
Naughty George promises to do better…
Jul 7
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Andrew Chapman
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