Summary of Simon Winchester's The Professor and the Madman

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#1 Murder is the most heinous form of criminal homicide. It is defined as the unlawful killing of a human being with malice aforethought. In English, murder is legally defined as the wilful murder of a human being.

#2 In Victorian London, even in a place as crime-ridden as Lambeth Marsh, the sound of gunshots was a rare event. The marsh was a dark and sinister place, but the use of a firearm in the commission of a crime was still considered un-British.

#3 Lambeth is a district in London that was home to the Lambeth Tragedy, which occurred in the early 1900s. It was a place of warehouses, tenant shacks, and miserable rows of ill-built houses.

#4 George and Eliza Merrett were a couple from the countryside who moved to London. They met at a farm show in the Cotswolds, and vowed to leave together for the immeasurable possibilities offered by London. They first lived in north London, and in 1867, they moved to Lambeth.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Jul 7, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822543331

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Insights on Simon Winchester's The Professor and the Madman

Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

Insights from Chapter 10

Insights from Chapter 11

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

Murder is the most heinous form of criminal homicide. It is defined as the unlawful killing of a human being with malice aforethought. In English, murder is legally defined as the wilful murder of a human being.

#2

In Victorian London, even in a place as crime-ridden as Lambeth Marsh, the sound of gunshots was a rare event. The marsh was a dark and sinister place, but the use of a firearm in the commission of a crime was still considered un-British.

#3

Lambeth is a district in London that was home to the Lambeth Tragedy, which occurred in the early 1900s. It was a place of warehouses, tenant shacks, and miserable rows of ill-built houses.

#4

George and Eliza Merrett were a couple from the countryside who moved to London. They met at a farm show in the Cotswolds, and vowed to leave together for the immeasurable possibilities offered by London. They first lived in north London, and in 1867, they moved to Lambeth.

#5

George and Eliza Merrett had six children in 1871. They were a poor family, and George brought home 24 shillings a week, a miserable sum even then. On the morning of January 2, 1871, George was awakened