Poet and cricket lover, author of 'The Hound of Heaven'. Born Preston, Lancashire into the middle classes. Went through a period as a down-and-out and opium addict before being discovered as a poet. Died at the Hospital of St John and St Elizabeth, NW8. The University of Manchester shows a memorial to him in their John Owens Building where he studied medicine, unsuccessfully. The picture source website explains why Thompson has been a suspect for Jack the Ripper. We're convinced by the picture alone.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Francis Thompson
Commemorated ati
Pillars of Hercules public house
The Pillars of Hercules, Soho, W1. 'The Pillars of Hercules' has occupied th...
Other Subjects
Dr Jose Rizal
Writer and national hero of the Philippines during the Spanish colonial times. Born Laguna. Executed by firing squad in Manila. He was in London, working at the British Library, May 1888 to January...
Person, Execution, Jack the Ripper suspects, Literature, Nationalism, Philippines
1 memorial
George Chapman
A barber/surgeon, who at the time of the murders lived in the cellar of the White Hart pub. He was later found guilty of poisoning his three wives for which he was hanged in Wandsworth Prison. Bor...
2 memorials
Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence
On his 28th birthday the eldest son of the Prince and Princess of Wales (Edward and Alexandra) and so second in line to the throne, fell ill at his home at Sandringham. He died on 14 January 1892 a...
3 memorials
Canon Samuel Barnett
Social reformer. While curate of St Mary's in Bryanston Square, met Henrietta Barnett and married her in his own church. The site given as the picture source is a forum where the infamous Jack the...
2 memorials
William Ewart Gladstone
Born in Liverpool. Liberal Prime Minister four times. One of the Commissioners for the Great Exhibition. Queen Victoria moaned that "He speaks to me as if I were a public meeting". Caroline's Misce...
Person, Jack the Ripper suspects, Politics & Administration, Race Issues, Seriously Famous
10 memorials
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