Montague Druitt (1857–1888) was a suspect in the
Jack the Ripper murders that took place in London between August and November 1888. He came from an upper-middle class English background, and studied at
Winchester College and the
University of Oxford. After graduating, he took a position at a
boarding school and pursued a parallel career in the law; he qualified as a
barrister in 1885. His main interest outside work was cricket, which he played with many leading players of the time, including
Lord Harris and
Francis Lacey. In November 1888, he lost his post at the school for reasons that remain unclear. One month later his body was found drowned in the
River Thames. His death, which was found to be a suicide, roughly coincided with the end of the murders that were attributed to Jack the Ripper. Private suggestions in the 1890s that he could have committed the crimes became public knowledge in the 1960s, and led to the publication of books that proposed him as the murderer. The evidence against him was entirely circumstantial, and many writers from the 1970s onwards have rejected him as a likely suspect. (
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Montague Druitt (1857–1888) was a suspect in the
Jack the Ripper murders that took place in London between August and November 1888. He came from an upper-middle class English background, and studied at
Winchester College and the
University of Oxford. After graduating, he took a position at a
boarding school and pursued a parallel career in the law; he qualified as a
barrister in 1885. His main interest outside work was cricket, which he played with many leading players of the time, including
Lord Harris and
Francis Lacey. In November 1888, he lost his post at the school for reasons that remain unclear. One month later his body was found drowned in the
River Thames. His death, which was found to be a suicide, roughly coincided with the end of the murders that were attributed to Jack the Ripper. Private suggestions in the 1890s that he could have committed the crimes became public knowledge in the 1960s, and led to the publication of books that proposed him as the murderer. The evidence against him was entirely circumstantial, and many writers from the 1970s onwards have rejected him as a likely suspect. (
more...)
... that although St Cynfarwy was active in
Anglesey, Wales, in the 7th century, the age of the church dedicated to him(pictured) cannot be ascertained due to extensive rebuilding?
... that Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts has been praised for an initiative to reduce health care spending, but public anger ensued when the compensation for its departed
CEO was reported?
... that during the
Second World War, what became the Battle of Britain House in
Ruislip was used for the training of American agents for sabotage missions carried out in occupied France?
The African striped skink (Trachylepis striata) is a
skink native to
southern Africa. Individuals are brown or bronze-coloured with two yellowish stripes that run lengthwise on either side of the spine. Both sexes grow to a length of about 25 centimetres (10 in).
This Wikipedia is written in
English. Started in 2001 (2001), it currently contains
3,809,058 articles. Many other Wikipedias are available; some of the largest are listed below.