Edward William Pritchard
From The Arthur Conan Doyle Encyclopedia
Edward William Pritchard (6 december 1825 - 28 july 1865) was an English doctor who was convicted of murdering his wife and mother-in-law by poisoning them. He was also suspected of murdering a servant girl, but was never tried for this crime. He was the last person to be publicly executed in Glasgow.
In the Sherlock Holmes stories
- Sherlock Holmes compared Grimesby Roylott with William Palmer and Pritchard, who were doctors too. « When a doctor does go wrong he is the first of criminals. » (SPEC 492)
