Theodore Dyke Acland
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Theodore Dyke Acland
Early years
Theodore Dyke Acland was born on 14 November 1851 in
Acland was educated at
He graduated from Oxford University with the degree of
Medical career
Acland graduated from Oxford University with the degree of
In 1900 Acland was appointed Medical Adviser to
His publications included The Future of the Tuberculous Soldier and A Collection of the Published Writings of William Withey Gull published by the New Sydenham Society (1894).
Personal life
Acland married Caroline Cameron Gull (1855–1929), the daughter of
Acland was a governor of Gresham's School, where he sent his son.[6]
Death
Acland died on 16 April 1931 aged 79. His papers were donated to the Wellcome Library.[7]
Jack the Ripper
Acland became posthumously involved in the Jack the Ripper Royal conspiracy theory when Thomas E. A. Stowell suggested in a 1970 article in The Criminologist that Sir William Gull, the Royal doctor, attempted to certify Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale, as the Ripper. Stowell claimed that his main source was Gull's daughter Caroline, Acland's wife. Having studied under Acland Stowell referred to him as "one time my beloved Chief". Stowell was an executor of Acland's will.
Following Stowell's article, Colin Wilson disclosed that ten years before it was published, Stowell invited him to lunch at his club and tried to convince him that they were thinking along the same lines on the Ripper mystery. He told him, "Jack the Ripper was the Duke of Clarence." Later, Wilson said that he contacted Stowell to ask him if he might mention the theory in some articles that he was about to write and although Stowell refused, saying "Her Majesty might not approve", Wilson had the distinct impression that Stowell hoped that he would mention it. He said, "He (Stowell) had been sitting on this thing for 30 years and would have welcomed the chance to test public reaction."
In the 1988 mini-series
References
- ^ a b c ACLAND, Thomas Dyke (1851–1931). King's College London Archives Service
- ^ a b Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition, 2 volumes (Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 1999), volume 1, page 26
- ^ Sudan Association of Surgeons Archived 13 June 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ G.H. Brown, Lives of the Fellows of the Royal College of Physicians of London, 1826–1925 (London, Royal College of Physicians of London, 1955), volume 4
- ^ London Gazette, 20 August 1931
- ^ "Acland, Theodore Dyke (14 Nov. 1851–16 April 1931), Consulting Physician" in Who's Who, online edition, accessed 30 October 2023 (subscription required)
- ^ Acland, Theodore Dyke (1851–1931). Wellcome Library
- ISBN 0-7537-0369-6.