Fredrick Abberline was a prominent Inspector of the Jack the Ripper case, he was the man responsible for hunting Jack the Ripper. So, who was Fredrick Abberline? Let's find out.
Who Was Fredrick Abberline? Fredrick Abberline was born on the 8th January 1843, in Blandford Dorset. His father was Edward Abberline and his mother was Hannah Abberline. His parents had three other children; Emily Abberline, Harriett Abberline and Edward Abberline. Hannah Abberline, Fredrick Abberline's mother, was forced to raise all four of them alone when her husband died in 1849. She went on to raise the children alone as a widow and opened a shop to support herself and her family. Apart from this, there is not much else known about Fredrick Abberline's early life. Most of his life is documented from the time he was in the police force, it was while in the police force that he would come face-to-face hunting for the mysterious figure of Jack the Ripper. Fredrick Abberline Begins His Career His career began on the 5th of January 1863, when he joined the Metropolitan Police. A few years later, on the 19th of August 1865, he was promoted to being sergeant. Almost a decade later, in 1873, Fredrick Abberline was promoted to being an inspector. A few months before the Autumn of Terror, in which Jack the Ripper killed five women, Fredrick Abberline was appointed as 1st class inspector, in February 1888. Over three years later, in December 1890, Abberline was appointed as chief inspector at the Metropolitan Police.
Fredrick Abberline resigned just two years later, on the 7th of February 1892, after 29 years in the police force.
Who Did Abberline Think That Jack The Ripper Was? Since Abberline was the prominent figure in the hunt for Jack the Ripper, his knowledge of the ripper murders is probably better than anyone else at the time the events took place. In an interview with the Pall Mall Gazette, at the turn of the century, in 1903, Fredrick Abberline named George Chapman as his preferred suspect for Jack the Ripper.
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