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Article: 'Intense' Nelson relaxed after losing arm

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July 25, 1995
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Britain's most famous naval hero, Viscount Horatio Nelson, underwent a personality change towards the end of his life, according to an analysis of his handwriting commissioned by the National Maritime Museum.

A detailed examination of his handwriting from two periods - 1786 to 1797 and 1803 until his death at Trafalgar in 1805 - suggests that Nelson became less goal-obsessed, less intense and more fulfilled and relaxed after he lost his right arm (1797), started his famous affair with Lady Hamilton (1799), separated from his wife (1800) and became a vice-admiral (1801).

The analysis of 10 letters written by Nelson between 1786 and 1797 suggests that he was an intensely driven man utterly ...

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