October 24, 2012

Haydn’s Head

Franz Joseph Haydn died in 1809, but a few days after he was buried, grave robbers dug up his body, cut off his head, and sold it to a phrenologist for study. It wasn’t until 1954 that Haydn’s head was reunited with his body.

 

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