Hans Langseth

Hans Langseth c. 1912.

Hans Nilson Langseth (July 14, 1846 – November 10, 1927) was a Norwegian-American who held the record for the world's longest beard.[1]

Langseth was born in Eidsvoll and emigrated to the United States in 1867. He married Anna Berntsen in 1870 and worked as a farmer in Elkton Township, Clay County, Minnesota. In his later life, he traveled around the United States as part of a freak show showing off his beard.[2]

Langseth died at age 81 in Wyndmere, North Dakota and is buried in Elk Creek Church Cemetery in Kensett, Iowa.[3] When he died, his beard measured 5.33 meters (17.5 ft).[4] It was donated to the Department of Anthropology at the Smithsonian Institution in 1967.[5][6]

References

  1. ↑ "Longest beard - male | Guinness World Records". guinnessworldrecords.com. Retrieved 2016-01-20.
  2. ↑ Parker, Mike. 1983. The World's Most Fantastic Freaks. London: Octopus, p. 96.
  3. ↑ "Longest Whiskers". The Greene Recorder. November 23, 1927. p. 7. Retrieved 2016-01-21 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ Glendrange, Sølvi. 2003. Rekord for rekordbok. Dagbladet (November 12).
  5. ↑ Hunt, David R. 2008. History and Collections of the Division of Physical Anthropology. In Michael W. Warren et al. (eds.), The Forensic Anthropology Laboratory, pp. 149–178. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, p. 155.
  6. ↑ "Are beards good for your health? - BBC News". bbc.com. Retrieved 2016-01-20.
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