Merrick, Joseph Carey, 1862-1890 (Personal Name)

Montagu, A. The elephant man, 1971.

Drimmer, F. The elephant man, 1985: CIP galley (Joseph Carey Merrick; Joseph Merrick; sometimes erroneously called John Merrick) p. 43 (Joseph Carey Merrick; b. Aug. 5, 1862, Leicester) plate 1, between p. 95 and 96 (facsim. of birth certificate; b. Aug. 5, 1862, Leicester) p. 135 (d. Apr. 11, 1890)

Howell, M. The true history of the Elephant man, 1980: p. 45 (Joseph Merrick; b. Joseph Carey Merrick, Aug. 5, 1862, Leicester) p. 156-157 (d. Apr. 11, 1890)

Enc. Britannica, 15th ed., 1998: Micropaedia (Elephant man, byname of Joseph Carey Merrick; b. Aug. 5, 1862, Leicester, Leicestershire, England, d. Apr. 11, 1890, London; sometimes erroneously referred to as John Merrick)