George Hull
From Kook Science
| George Hull | |
|---|---|
| Born | 26 April 1821 Connecticut |
| Died | 21 October 1902 (81) Binghamton, Broome Co., New York |
George Hull (c. April 26, 1821 - October 21, 1902) was an American cigar manufacturer, notorious as the fabricator of two petrified men: the Cardiff Giant (also known as the Onondaga Giant and the American Goliath) in 1869 and the Solid Muldoon in 1877.
Reading
- George Hull (abt. 1821 - 1902), wikitree.com, https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Hull-6953
- Vance, Arthur T. (1900), "'Dave' Hannum and the Cardiff Giant", The Real David Harum: the Wise Ways And Droll Sayings of One 'Dave' Hannum, of Homer, N.Y., New York: Baker & Taylor Co., p. 76-100, https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044018986927&view=1up&seq=102&skin=2021&q1=%22George%20Hull%22 — in which Hull, then around-eighty years old, gives his account of the Cardiff Giant