I remember from an early modern lecture that the average person, a least in England, if they managed to live past 15 or so they had a good chance of living until their mid to late 60's
Sent from my iPhone On Jan 3, 2013, at 4:22 PM, Sam Chapman <manchap...@gmail.com> wrote: > Interesting subject! How rare was it for people to live to the age of > 80 back in the 16th century? Of course, statistically the average > lifetime was much shorter - but wasn't that largely due to the > disproportionately high number of infant and childhood deaths? > Morbidly, > Sam > > On 2 January 2013 17:54, howard posner <[1]howardpos...@ca.rr.com> > wrote: > > On Jan 2, 2013, at 8:49 AM, "Monica Hall" <[2]mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk> > wrote: >> Thank you. 1525 seems more likely for his date of birth but 1605 > would >> still make him 80 when he died! > > It's been known to happen. > > -- > To get on or off this list see list information at > > [3]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > -- > Sam Chapman > Oetlingerstrasse 65 > 4057 Basel > (0041) 79 530 39 91 -- > > References > > 1. mailto:howardpos...@ca.rr.com > 2. mailto:mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk > 3. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >
