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  • Thomas Parr was an English man who supposedly lived for 152 years, often referred to simply as "Old Parr", or "Old Tom Parr". He was said to have been born in 1483 near Shrewsbury, and joined the army around 1500. He did not marry until he was 80 years old. He attributed his long life to his vegetarian diet and moral temperance, although when he was around 100 years old he had an affair and an illegitimate child. The poet John Taylor wrote about Parr in his 1635 poem The Old, Old, Very Old Man or the Age and Long Life of Thomas Parr. The whiskey brand Old Parr is named for him and recounts his claimed birth and death years on its label.
  • parr: young salmon. (cf. Life cycle of salmon)
  • F père: father