Alice Stevenson

Alice Stevenson (10 July 1861 18 August 1973)[1] was born at Piccadilly, England and became a British supercentenarian. She was the oldest recognised living person in the world between the death of 112-year-old Josefa Salas Mateo of Spain on 27 February 1973 and Stevenson's own death, aged 112 years 39 days when she died at Sutton, England.[2][3][4][5][6][7] This made her the oldest Briton ever.[1][8] Her record was broken by Anna Eliza Williams on 12 July 1985.[9] After Stevenson's death, 110-year-old Elizabeth Watkins of Northern Ireland took over as the world's oldest person.

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  1. 1 2 Validated supercentenarians who lived and/or died in the UK The Gerontology Research Group
  2. World's Oldest Person Titleholders (since 1955) The Gerontology Research Group
  3. Young, Robert; Epstein, Louis; Coles, Stephen (13 July 2009). "Living and All-Time World Longevity Record-Holders Over the Age of 110". Rejuvenation Research. Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. 12 (3): 231–232. doi:10.1089/rej.2009.0882. Retrieved 9 December 2010.
  4. "Oldest woman who ever lived". The Leader-Post. 7 July 1973. p. 7. Retrieved 9 December 2010.
  5. "What'll ya have? 100 either way". The Pittsburgh Press. 16 August 1973. p. 24. Retrieved 9 December 2010.
  6. "It's how old you feel...". The Windsor Star. 4 July 1973. p. 2. Retrieved 9 December 2010.
  7. "You're telling me". Reading Eagle. 29 August 1969. p. 29. Retrieved 9 December 2010.
  8. Thatcher, Roger (2001). "The Demography of Centenarians in England and Wales". Population: An English Selection. Paris, France: Institut National d'Études Démographiques. 13 (1): 139–156. JSTOR 3030263.
  9. "Oldest woman spurns medicine". The Guardian. 1985-07-12. p. 2.


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