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
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Pillars of Hercules public house
The Pillars of Hercules, Soho, W1. 'The Pillars of Hercules' has occupied th...
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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
Jack the Ripper Museum
When this misconceived museum opened, its planning application had described it as a 'Museum of Women's History', so the revelation of its real purpose unleashed numerous protests, focussing on the...
2 memorials
Lord Randolph Churchill
Politician. Father of Winston. Born at 3 Wilton Terrace, son of the 7th Duke of Marlborough of Blenheim Palace. 1874 married an American Jennie Jerome and Winston was their first child. (After ...
1 memorial
Frederick Nicholas Charrington
Renounced a brewing fortune to help the East End poor. Born Bow Road, the heir to Charrington’s Brewery in Stepney. He entered the business but, aged 19, experienced a religious conversion and be...
Person, Food & Drink, Jack the Ripper suspects, Philanthropy, Politics & Administration, Social Welfare
2 memorials
Walter Sickert
Considered the most influential English painter since Turner. Born Munich, eldest son of a Danish artist and French-educated English mother. His family moved to England when he was 8. Trained as an...
3 memorials
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SW7, Prince Consort Road, Imperial College
This building, the Royal School of Mines, (1906, Aston Webb). has 34 memorials: a foundation stone, 2 busts and 30 scientists' surnames p...
1 subject commemorated
Sun Public House
This pub was destroyed in a WW2 air raid shortly before closing time on 25th September 1940. The plaque says that 20 people were killed; Pubwiki puts the number at 16. The site stood empty for many...
1 memorial
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
3 memorials
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