Homo sapiens
A lock of Beethoven's hair believed to have been acquired by Jeremias Bermann, who had published some of Beethoven's works in 1821. The exact date of cutting is not known with certainty, and is tentatively estimated to be ca. 1821, contemporary with Jeremias' interactions with Beethoven. On May 15th, 1851, American-born Beethoven biographer Alexander Wheelock Thayer describes acquiring a lock of hair, as well as music manuscripts, from a “Mr. Bermann”, most likely Jeremias' son, Joseph, who had by then taken over operations of his father's business. 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
SAMEA111408270
INSDC center name
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
INSDC last update
2022-09-28T15:10:29Z
INSDC status
public
Submitter Id
HEB002
collected_by
Jeremiah Bermann (1770-1855)
common name
human
geographic location (country and/or sea)
Austria
sample name
HEB002
scientific_name
Homo sapiens
sex
male
tissue_type
Hair