| LC control no. | nr2001037485 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Cotton, Mary Ann, 1832-1873 |
| Variant(s) | Robson, Mary Ann, 1832-1873 Mowbray, Mary Ann, 1832-1873 Ward, Mary Ann, 1832-1873 Robinson, Mary Ann, 1832-1873 |
| Birth date | 1832-10-31 |
| Death date | 1873-03-24 |
| Found in | Mary Ann Cotton, dead, but not forgotten, 2000: p. iii, etc. (b. Oct. 1832 as Mary Ann Robson, at Lower Moorsley, County Durham; 1852, married William Mowbray; 1865, married George Ward; 1867, married James Robinson; 1870, bigamous marriage to Frederick Cotton; hanged for murder at Durham gaol, Mar. 24, 1873) Wikipedia February 10, 2023: (Mary Ann Cotton, 31 October 1832 -- 24 March 1873, was an English convicted murderer who was executed for poisoning her stepson. Despite her sole conviction for murder, she is believed to have been a serial killer who killed many others including 11 of her 13 children and three of her four husbands for their insurance policies. Her preferred method of killing was poisoning with arsenic) |
| Associated language | eng |
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