Sir bernard spilsbury biography of abraham
Lethal Witness: Sir Bernard Spilsbury, Honorary Pathologist.
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Born: 16 May 1877 Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England
Died: 17 December 1947 (aged 70) London, England
Sir Bernard Henry Spilsbury Kt was a British pathologist who lived from May 16, 1877, until December 17, 1947.
Hawley Crippen, the Seddon case, the Major Armstrong poisoning, the Crumbles murders, the Podmore case, the Sidney Harry Fox matricide, the Vera Page case, and the murder trials of Louis Voisin, Jean-Pierre Vaquier, Norman Thorne, Donald Merrett, Alfred Rouse, Elvira Barney, Tony Mancini, and Margaret Lowe are among his cases.
Spilsbury’s courtroom appearances became infamous for his effortless dominance.
He was also a key figure in the development of Operation Mincemeat, a deception operation that saved the lives of thousands of Allied soldiers during WWII.
In 1947, Spilsbury committed suicide.
Just after 8.00 on the evening of 17 December 1947, a hospital technician at University College passed Spilsbury’s room and smelt gas. When the room was unlocked, Spi