Plaque

George Chapman

Inscription

George Chapman (born Severin Klosowski) 1865 - 1903
"The Cable Street Dandy"
Lived and worked in Cable Street 1888.
International Ripperologists Society
Jack the Ripper Suspect

Site: George Chapman & Elizabeth Stride (2 memorials)

E1, Cable Street, 12, Jack the Ripper Museum (ex)

Unsurprisingly the International Ripperologists Society doesn't seem to exist other than as part of this misconceived museum.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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