Philip Sugden was an English historian, best known for his comprehensive study of the Whitechapel murders, including the books
The Complete History of Jack the Ripper, first published in 1994, and
The Life and Times of Jack the Ripper (1996). He was the first academic historian to work on the case.
The younger of twin boys, Philip Sugden was born on January 27, 1947 at Hull, where his father was a painter and decorator. Leaving Ainthorpe High School at the age of 16, he spent four years with the…
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