Show CURIOUS BITS OF HISTORY by A W macy AN ALBINO KING OF ENGLAND it Is quite probable that england once had an albino for a kins king edward the confessor who reigned from 1042 to 1066 Is said to have had long hair and beird bairdi both as white as snow his skin was of a milky color and his face inclined to rosl ness his hands were long and very white an albino always has a skin of a milky hue with hair of the same fame color and eyes with deep red pupil and pink or blue iris these p peculiarities are sala said to be caused by a deficiency of certain coloring matter in the blood the name albinos was first given by the portuguese to negroes they found on the african coast who were mottled with white spots albinos are found however among all races of men and also among some of the lower animals as mice elephants etc from the tha descriptions of king edwards personal appearance that have come down to us and which ar are 6 evidently reliable it Is reasonably certain that he was an albino L copyright 1311 1911 by joseph 13 howles dowles |