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Need to very careful over this data. For example it was compulsory from the Crimean war (1856) until 1916 for British soldiers not shave above their top lip[1].
by peteri 13y ago
Need to very careful over this data. For example it was compulsory from the Crimean war (1856) until 1916 for British soldiers not shave above their top lip[1]. In the PDF it is stated that he doesn't exclude military pictures so I suspect there may be quite a strong bias here.
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facial_hair_in_the_military#United_Kingdom http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facial_hair_in_the_military#Uni...
- hcarvalhoalves 13y agoWhy bias? It's not like military is detached from fashion. The paper is very specific: "Fashions in Shaving and Trimming of the Beard: The men of Illustrated London News"
- dhughes 13y agoI recall reading about Amish men and why they grow a bead but no moustache apparently it was a protest against military organizations where a moustache was mandatory.
- zbyszek 13y agoPresumably after the Crimean War, otherwise Dr James Barry (http://www.notablebiographies.com/supp/Supplement-A-Bu-and-Obituaries/Barry-James.html http://www.notablebiographies.com/supp/Supplement-A-Bu-and-O...) could never have succeeded in her subterfuge.