From Wikipedia:
Thomas Parr (1483 (reputedly) – 14 November 1635) was an English supercentenarian who supposedly lived for 152 years.
Parr was said to have been born in 1483 near Shrewsbury, possibly at Wollaston. He supposedly joined the army around 1500 and did not marry until he was 80 years old. He had two children, both of whom died in infancy. Parr attributed his long life to his vegetarian diet and moral temperance, although when he was about 100 years old he purportedly had an affair and fathered a child born out of wedlock. After the death of his first wife, he married a second time at the alleged age of 122.
But…
William Harvey (1578–1657), the physician who discovered the circulation of the blood,[2] performed a post-mortem on Parr’s body.[3][4] The results were published in the book De ortu et natura sanguinis by John Betts as an attachment. According to P. Lüth the results of the autopsy suggest that Thomas Parr was probably under 70 years of age.[5]
It is possible that Parr’s records were confused with those of his grandfather.
(via Best of Wikipedia)
