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Francis Jeffrey, Lord Jeffrey
Francis Jeffrey, Lord Jeffrey 1773-1850, Scottish critic and judge. He was a founder and editor of the Edinburgh Review, which printed his critical essays. Bibliography: See his Contributions to the Edinburgh Review (4 vol., 1844). ... Read more
George Jeffreys Jeffreys of Wem, 1st Baron
George Jeffreys Jeffreys of Wem, 1st Baron 1645?-1689, English judge under Charles II and James II . A notoriously cruel judge, he presided over many of the trials connected with the Popish Plot (see Oates, Titus ) and was responsible for the judicial murder of Algernon Sidney and for the bruta... Read more
Taunton
Taunton , city (1991 pop. 47,793), county seat of Somerset, SW England, on the Trove River. Its industries include the manufacture of textiles, shirts, gloves, and precision instruments. Taunton is also a market and railroad junction. Tourism is economically important. There are three well-known sch... Read more
Dorchester
Dorchester , town (1991 pop. 13,734), county seat of Dorset, S central England. Dorchester is a busy agricultural market, especially for sheep and lambs. Printing, leatherworking, brewing, and the manufacture of agricultural machinery are important industries. Nearby is Maiden Castle, a fortificatio... Read more
Thomas Hood
Thomas Hood 1799-1845, English poet. He was an editor of various prominent magazines and periodicals. The greater proportion of his work was written in a humorous vein, and he was celebrated for his use of figurative language, especially puns. However, it is in his serious poems, notably "The Son... Read more
Michael Jeffrey Jordan
Michael Jeffrey Jordan 1963-, American basketball player, b. Brooklyn, N.Y. As a freshman at the Univ. of North Carolina, he made the shot that won the 1982 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) tournament final over Georgetown. Joining the Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Associa... Read more
Richard Baxter
Richard Baxter 1615-91, English nonconformist clergyman. Ordained in 1638, he began his ministry at Kidderminster in 1641. He sided with Parliament when the civil war broke out and served (1645-47) as a chaplain in Cromwell's army, where he urged moderation in both religious and political opinions.... Read more
Tom Hanks
Tom Hanks 1956-, American film actor famous for his roles as an amiable American everyman, b. Concord, Calif., as Thomas Jeffrey Hanks. In 1980 he acted in his first film, and in 1980-82 he co-starred in a television sitcom. Hanks subsequently appeared in numerous Hollywood comedies, among them Sp... Read more
Sir James Hopwood Jeans
Sir James Hopwood Jeans 1887-1946, English mathematician, physicist, and astronomer. He was professor of applied mathematics at Princeton Univ. (1905-9), later lectured at Cambridge (1910-12) and Oxford (1922), and was research associate at Mt. Wilson Observatory (1923-44). He was knighted in 1928.... Read more
Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden
Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden 1714-94, British jurist. Appointed (1761) chief justice of the Court of Common Pleas, he earned wide popularity as a result of his ruling in Entick v. Carrington (1763), where he pronounced against the legality of the general warrant under which John Wilkes was ... Read more

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Serial Killers
Encyclopedia entry from: Macmillan Encyclopedia of Death and Dying ...attempt to understand serial killers. The serial murderer Jeffrey Dahmer would go to bars in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and pick...emotional reason he commits the crime does not change. In Dahmer's case his murder signature showed the sadistic sexual...
Cannibalism
Encyclopedia entry from: Macmillan Encyclopedia of Death and Dying ...The Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover, along with the extensive media coverage of cannibalistic criminals such as Jeffrey Dahmer, Gary Heidnik, and Albert Fish, speaks volumes about the public's fascination with cannibalism. Moviegoers...
Courtroom Television Network
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law ...obscure Florida murder trial but soon had high profile cases to cover, including the prosecution of murderer-cannibal Jeffrey Dahmer and the trials of accused parent murderers Erik and Lyle Menendez. Court TV's viewership slowly increased. In...

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Serial Killings
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...Atlanta; Richard Ramirez of southern California; and Jeffrey L. Dahmer, who by his own admission tortured, killed, and...fifteen. Sentenced to fifteen consecutive life terms, Dahmer was bludgeoned to death in prison in 1994. BIBLIOGRAPHY...

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Serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer murdered in Wisconsin prison. (Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 11/28/1994; ; 700+ words ; Jeffrey Dahmer, the Ohio native whose claim to infamy shocked...asking Eisenberg to act on their behalf concerning Jeffrey's remains. According to Eisenberg, Shari Dahmer said Jeffrey left a will stipulating that he be cremated and...
MEETING JEFFREY DAHMER CHANGED MINISTER'S LIFE THE SERIAL KILLER WANTED TO BE BAPTIZED, AND THAT LED TO SEVERAL BIBLE STUDY SESSIONS WITH THE INFAMOUS MURDERER.(LOCAL/WISCONSIN)
Newspaper article from: Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI); 11/28/2004; 700+ words ; ...room. The door closed behind Jeffrey Dahmer, leaving Ratcliff alone with...pointed fingers and proclaimed Dahmer too evil ever to be forgiven by...people struggle with the idea of Jeffrey Dahmer repenting," Ratcliff said...
VICTIM WHO ESCAPED FROM JEFFREY DAHMER; He listened to my heart .. then said he was going to devour it.(Features)
Newspaper article from: The Mirror (London, England); 2/19/2001; 700+ words ; ...That night - July 22, 1991 - Jeffrey Dahmer approached the group and told them...liquor store to buy rum. While Dahmer was inside, Tracy's twin brother...Tracy climbed into a taxi with Dahmer. Dahmer, 31, took Tracy to his...
SAVING THE SOUL OF DAHMER KILLER'S BAPTISM CHANGED PASTOR'S VIEW OF INMATES DARK JOURNEY, DEEP GRACE: JEFFREY DAHMER'S JOURNEY OF FAITH BY ROY RATCLIFF WITH LINDY ADAMS LEAFWOOD PUBLISHERS 176 PAGES, $13.99.(EDITORIAL)
Newspaper article from: The Capital Times (Madison, WI); 12/8/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...the story of how serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer became a Christian. The author...To them, a friendship with Jeffrey Dahmer seemed unthinkable -- even comical...ASSOCIATED PRESS Serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer is led into Milwaukee County Circuit...
Attorney Wants Jeffrey Dahmer to Sell His Story
Transcript from: NPR All Things Considered; 11/18/1993; 700+ words ; ...subject many find insufferable, Jeffrey Dahmer, the Milwaukee serial killer...media, but essentially as told by Jeffrey Dahmer, the person who killed their...get whatever monies we can from Jeffrey Dahmer to satisfy these judgments for...
Why Jeffrey Dahmer killed so many black men.
Magazine article from: Jet; 12/19/1994; 700+ words ; ...hard hours debating exactly why Jeffrey Dahmer killed so many young Black men...in prison. Smith revealed that Dahmer, 34, was not prejudiced as much...Morning." Smith explained that Dahmer told her that he targeted her brother...
Feature film focuses on serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 6/21/2002; ; 445 words ; ...independent feature film about serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer, says his goal wasn't to make a slasher movie but to examine what drove Dahmer to commit his crimes. Dahmer: The Mind is a Place of Its Own portrays Dahmer...
Monster movie: is it possible to sympathize with gay serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer? An intelligent new film tries.
Magazine article from: The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine); 7/9/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...who will refuse to see Dahmer, David Jacobson's dramatized portrayal of Jeffrey Dahmer, the Milwaukee man who...picture was made. It takes Dahmer's history out of the...Rudnick got to the title Jeffrey first. It would have been...
JEFFREY DAHMER WAS KING OF HIS LONELY WORLD
Newspaper article from: Post-Tribune (IN); 2/3/1992; 557 words ; ...PRINTED VERSION. The calm demeanor Jeffrey L. Dahmer displayed in court last week during...read aloud in court by police, Dahmer said it excited him to kill and...The trial was to resume today. Dahmer portrayed himself to police as...
Of Men and Monsters: Jeffrey Dahmer and the Construction of the Serial Killer
Magazine article from: Journal of American & Comparative Cultures; 4/1/2000; ; 700+ words ; ...Reviews Of Men and Monsters: Jeffrey Dahmer and the Construction of the Serial...representations of serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer as a means by which to examine...Specifically, the representations of Jeffrey Dahmer thus allow the middle-class...