# Are there any good candidates for the 18th Century's last survivor?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 22, 2011, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-good-candidates-for-the-18th-centurys-last-survivor/597184 "2011-09-22T09:39:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2017, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-good-candidates-for-the-18th-centurys-last-survivor/597184/35 "2017-05-18T13:44:50Z")

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[Recent thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=406738) on same topic. To quote myself:

> [@How many nineteenth century people are left?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-nineteenth-century-people-are-left/390560/23):
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> [Margaret Neve](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Ann_Neve) made it from 1792 to 1902. There’s also [Mary Ramsey Wood](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Ramsey_Wood), who _reportedly_ made it from 1787 to 1908.

Note, however, that Wood’s claim seems a bit dubious.

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