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Wikipedia: Bernard Spilsbury

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The encyclopedia article on Bernard Spilsbury, the English forensic pathologist who testified in many of Britain's most famous murder trials, including Hawley Harvey Crippen's. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Wikipedia
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Spilsbury
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Encyclopedia
Assessment
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3
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Wikipedia: Bernard Spilsbury
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His cases include Hawley Crippen, the Seddon case, the Major Armstrong poisoning, the 'Brides in the Bath' murders
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Claims Backed By This Source (12 claims)

This source backs 12 claims across the atlas. As facts: 8 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds. Plus 3 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

  • Criminologists and Reformers, 7 claims: 3 well-attested, 1 holds, 3 general references.
  • Sources, 5 claims: 5 well-attested.

Well-attested

8

Criminologists and Reformers

Holds

1

Criminologists and Reformers

General References

3

Criminologists and Reformers

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