SherlockHolmesVersusJacktheRipper:ATitanicBa@le,MuchLikeBatmanVersusSuperman?SherlockHolmesStatueinEdinburgh.(Source:Flickr)
H.G.WellsversustheRipper:TimeATerTime,1979,starringMalcolmMacDowellasWellsandDavidWarnerasJacktheRipper
SirArthurConanDoylebyWalterBenington,1914.Doylewasknightedasa“KnightBachelor”byKingEdwardVIIonOctober24,1902.TheknighthoodwaspartoftheKing’sCoronaJonHonorslistannouncedJune26,1902.DoylebelievedthehonorwasnotforcreaJngSherlockHolmesbutbecausehe’dwriRenashortworkJtledTheWarinSouthAfrica:ItsCauseandConduct(January16,1902)inwhicharguedthatBritain’scauseintheBoerWarwasjusJfied.OtherreasonsmaybethatDoyleservedasavolunteerphysicianinSouthAfrica,MarchtoJune1900,andpublishedTheGreatBoerWarthesameyear.(Source:Wikipedia)
WhatdidDoylehimselfthinkabouttheRipperMurders?
DidArthurConan
Doyleand“theRealSherlockHolmes”solvetheJacktheRippermystery?
Fic^onwriter
DianeGilbertMadsenbelievesDoyleandhismentorDr.Joseph
Bellcorrectlydeducedtheiden^tyofthe
Victorianserialkiller.
Dr.JosephBell(1837-1911),
Sco_shphysicianandmentor
toConanDoyle.
Bellwasapparently
Doyle'smodelforSherlockHolmes--oratleastoneofhismodelsforthegreatBakerStreet
sleuth.
Right:PoetanderstwhileRipperSuspectJ.K.Stephen,
CambridgeUniversitytutorto“PrinceEddy”akaAlbertVictor,theDukeofClarenceandAvondale,
grandsonofQueenVictoriaandsonof“Ber^e”wholaterbecameEdwardVII.PrinceEddyispicturedbelow.
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