Frederick George Abberline (January 8, 1843 Blandford Forum, Dorset – December 10, 1929) was an inspector for the London Metropolitan Police and was a prominent police figure in the investigation into the Jack the Ripper murders. January 8 is the 8th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1843 (MDCCCXLIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Blandford Forum, or Blandford is a market town on the River Stour in Dorset, England. ... Dorset (pronounced DOR-sit or [dÉ”.sÉ™t], and sometimes in the past called Dorsetshire) is a county in the south-west of England, on the English Channel coast. ... December 10 is the 344th day (345th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, 21 days before the next year. ... 1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Metropolitan Police redirects here. ... Jack the Ripper is the pseudonym given to an unidentified serial killer active in the largely impoverished Whitechapel area of London, England in the second half of 1888. ...

Abberline began his police career in Whitechapel, transferred to Stepney for a long period, then to Westminster and finally to Scotland Yard by 1887. Following the murder of Mary Ann Nichols, Abberline was assigned to Whitechapel due to his extensive experience in the area. He was placed in charge of the various detectives investigating the Ripper crimes. Whitechapel is a place in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, United Kingdom. ... Stepney is a place in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. ... Westminster is a district within the City of Westminster in London. ... New Scotland Yard, London New Scotland Yard, it blowwsssss often referred to simply as Scotland Yard or The Yard, is the headquarters of the Metropolitan Police Service, responsible for policing Greater London (although not the City of London itself). ... 1887 (MDCCCLXXXVII) is a common year starting on Saturday (click on link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. ... Mary Ann Polly Nichols is widely believed to be the first victim of the notorious unidentified serial killer Jack the Ripper, who killed and mutilated prostitutes in the Whitechapel area of London during the late summer and autumn of 1888. ...

Among the many suspects in the case, Abberline's primary one was Severin Antoniovich Klosowski, AKA George Chapman. This is a list of proposed suspects in the Jack the Ripper murders that took place in London, England, during 1888 (and perhaps other years, depending upon which victims were killed by the same hand). ... Illustration of George Chapman from an old newspaper article. ...

He was subsequently involved in the investigation of the Cleveland Street scandal in 1889, and was promoted Chief Inspector in 1890. Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale The most famous name associated with the male brothel. ... Chief Inspector (Ch Insp) is a rank in British Police forces. ...

Upon his death in 1929, Abberline was buried in Bournemouth at Wimborne Road Cemetery. As of 2005, there is a movement by some Ripperologists to raise money to erect a headstone for the grave of him and his wife. Bournemouth is a large town and tourist resort, situated on the south coast of England. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Abberline in popular culture

• A fictionalized Abberline was featured as a central figure in Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell's graphic novel From Hell, and subsequently portrayed by Johnny Depp in the film adaptation of that work. Depp's version of Abberline was portrayed as a clairvoyant addicted to opium and absinthe.

• Abberline was played by Michael Caine in a 1988 television film called Jack the Ripper. Here, the character was an aging alcoholic whose quest to solve the murder gives him the strength to give up drinking.

• In "The Ripper", an episode of the TV series The Collector, Abberline was played by Robert Wisden.

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External links

• Brief profile from Casebook.org
• Casebook.org message board thread discussing the Abberline grave project