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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