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Among people associated with Deptford are Christopher Marlowe, who was stabbed to death at Deptford Strand; [136] diarist John Evelyn (1620–1706), who lived at Sayes Court, [137] and had Peter the Great (1672–1725) as a guest for about three months in 1698; [138] Sir Francis Drake, who was knighted by Queen Elizabeth I aboard the Golden ...
The Deptford Poisoning Cases were a series of notorious murder cases that occurred in 1889 in Deptford, United Kingdom. Investigators determined that at least three people were poisoned to death by Amelia Winters, possibly with the assistance of her daughter, Elizabeth Frost. The two women insured over twenty people, five of whom died in ...
An award-winning park named after her [7] stands on the site of what was once one of the most deprived streets in Deptford, as shown on the poverty map published by Charles Booth. [8] There is a Grade II listed memorial to Margaret McMillan located within the Rachel McMillan Nursery School in Deptford. [9]
Further, the theory says Marlowe did not die in Deptford on 30 May 1593, as the historical records state, but that his death was faked. Marlovians (as those who subscribe to the theory are usually called) base their argument on supposed anomalies surrounding Marlowe's reported death [ 1 ] and on the significant influence which, according to ...
Holmes was the son of Nathaniel Holmes, who died at Derby on 18 December 1840, aged 78. John was born at Deptford in Kent on 17 July 1800, and brought up as a bookseller in the house of John Lepard, 108 Strand, London. He was afterwards for a short time in business at Derby on his own account.
A Dead Man in Deptford is a 1993 novel by Anthony Burgess, the last to be published during his lifetime. It depicts the life and character of Christopher Marlowe , a renowned playwright of the Elizabethan era.
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