Burke and Hare murders

series of murders committed in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1828
Event serial_murder Q1288729
Burke and Hare murders
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Summary

Burke and Hare murders is a serial murder[1]. It draws 1,147 Wikipedia views per month (serial_murder category, ranking #2 of 18).[2]

Key Facts

  • Burke and Hare murders is located in City of Edinburgh[3].
  • Burke and Hare murders is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • Burke and Hare murders's image is recorded as Hare and Burke drawing.jpg[5].
  • Burke and Hare murders's instance of is recorded as serial murder[6].
  • Burke and Hare murders's location is recorded as Edinburgh[7].
  • Burke and Hare murders's Commons category is recorded as William Burke and William Hare[8].
  • Burke and Hare murders's point in time is recorded as +1828-00-00T00:00:00Z[9].
  • Burke and Hare murders's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 55.9533, 'lon': -3.1892}[10].
  • Burke and Hare murders's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01zc97[11].
  • Burke and Hare murders's participant is recorded as William Burke[12].
  • Burke and Hare murders's participant is recorded as William Hare[13].
  • Burke and Hare murders's number of deaths is recorded as {'amount': '+16'}[14].
  • Burke and Hare murders's described by source is recorded as Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900[15].
  • Burke and Hare murders's BBC Things ID is recorded as 7ff2003d-3549-41b5-8bcd-bc3b53db49f9[16].
  • Burke and Hare murders's historic county is recorded as Midlothian[17].

Why It Matters

Burke and Hare murders draws 1,147 Wikipedia views per month (serial_murder category, ranking #2 of 18).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . BBC Things. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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