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Claude-Ambroise Seurat

Claude-Ambroise Seurat
BornVariously listed as:
  • (1797-04-10)10 April 1797[1]
  • (1798-04-04)4 April 1798[2]

Troyes, France
Diedafter 1833[2]
NationalityFrench
Other names
  • Anatomical Man
  • The Living Human Skeleton
OccupationFreak show attraction
Known forbeing extraordinarily underweight
HeightVariously given as:
  • 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m) in 1832[2]
  • 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) in 1825[1]
  • 5 ft 7+1⁄2 in (1.71 m)[3]

Claude-Ambroise Seurat (10 April 1797[1] or 4 April 1798[2] – after 1833[2]) was a freak show attraction from Troyes, France. He was known as "the anatomical man or the living skeleton" (French: l'homme anatomique ou le squelette vivant) due to his extraordinarily low body weight.[4][5][6]

  1. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference Park 1991 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b c d e Redgrave, Gilbert R. (4 July 1868). "Reply: The Living Skeleton, Claude Ambroise Seurat". Notes and Queries: A Medium of Inter-Communication for Literary Men, General Readers, ETC. 4th. Vol. 2 (1st ed.). London: The Philosophical Institution (published July–December 1868). p. 21. Retrieved 12 October 2018 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Altick 1978 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ William Hone. "The Every-Day Book". Archived from the original on 17 January 2018. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  5. ^ Cissé, Joseph de (n.d.). Description intéressante de Claude-Ambroise Seurat appelé l'homme anatomique, ou le squelette vivant [Interesting description of Claude-Ambroise Seurat called the anatomical man, or the living skeleton]. Nantes: Victor Mangin.
  6. ^ Le livre des records, 1984

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