print email comment close The Guevara Lock of Beethoven's Hair URL: http://www.sjsu.edu/beethoven/collections/beethoven_hair/hair.html Description: Information about the lock of hair that was cut from the head of composer Ludwig van Beethoven after his death. Discusses scientific tests that were performed on the lock of hair, including trace metals and DNA analyses, and a 2000 press release about the discovery of high levels of lead in his hair (may have contributed to his death). Some broken links. From the Ira F. Brilliant Center for Beethoven Studies, San Jose State University. Publisher: San Jose State University Library of Congress Subject Headings: Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827 Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827 -- Relics Forensic sciences Hair Trace evidence LII Database Information: Record 11403 created by Jennifer English on 05/30/2005 Last modification on 11/06/2009 Published: 05/30/2005   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/11403