An Uncommon Hangman: The Life and Deaths of Robert ‘Nosey Bob’ Howard

2024/12/06 by Victoria M. Nagy · 1 voice
Social Sciences · #Vietnamese History and Culture Studies

paper · doi:10.1080/1031461x.2025.2429174

openalex publication_date 2024/12/06 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

Between 1876 and 1904 the executioner in New South Wales was a man by the name of Robert Howard, more commonly known during his day as Nosey Bob. Nicknamed Nosey Bob for the lack of a nose, caused ...

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