Homo sapiens
A lock of Beethoven's hair gifted personally by Beethoven to pianist and former military officer, Anton Halm, on April 25th, 1826. On the 12th of October, 1859, Halm gifted a portion of his lock to American-born Beethoven biographer, Alexander Wheelock Thayer, while being interviewed during Thayer's biographical research on Beethoven. These hairs remained within the Thayer family's collections until their acquisition by members of the American Beethoven Society in July, 2017, as part of the “Thayer Collection”.
ENA first public
2024-09-28
External Id
SAMEA111408269
INSDC center name
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
INSDC last update
2022-09-28T15:10:29Z
INSDC status
public
Submitter Id
HEB003
collected_by
Karl Anton Halm (1789-1872)
common name
human
geographic location (country and/or sea)
Austria
sample name
HEB003
scientific_name
Homo sapiens
sex
male
tissue_type
Hair