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The Leicester workhouse has become associated with the name of Joseph Merrick (1862-1890), better known as the "Elephant Man" because of his severely enlarged and disfigured head. Leicester-born Merrick was a resident of the workhouse between 1880 and 1884. The 1881 census lists him as an inmate, giving his profession as a hawker.