Name Hannah Smith | Role Dressmaker | |
Born 7 January 1856 ( 1856-01-07 ) Salford, England Occupation Dressmaking lecturer (former) Died January 10, 1966, Woodhouse, South Yorkshire, Sheffield, United Kingdom |
Hannah Smith (7 January 1856 – 10 January 1966) was born in Salford, England and lived to become a British supercentenarian and the oldest recognised living person in the world.
Smith collapsed on her 110th birthday, and died three days later at Woodhouse, Sheffield. Smith smoked until five years before her death. Smith lived much of her life in Chesterfield and was a former dressmaking lecturer.
She was one of the first British supercentenarians. Her death left British man John Mosely Turner as the world's oldest person.
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