Solomon Blay, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Date of Birth: 20-Jan-1816
Place of Birth: Oxford, England, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 20-Aug-1897
Zodiac Sign: Aquarius 
About Solomon Blay
- Solomon Blay (20 January 1816 – 18 August 1897) was an English convict transported to the Australian penal colony of Van Diemen's Land (present-day Tasmania).
- Once his sentence was served, he gained notoriety as a hangman in Hobart, and is believed to have hanged over 200 people in the course of a long career spanning from 1837 to 1887.
- This made him the longest serving hangman in the British Empire.
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