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William N. Roughead
BornFebruary 1870
Edinburgh, Scotland
DiedMay 1952

William Roughead (pronounced Ruff-head) (1870–1952) was a Scottish lawyer and amateur criminologist, as well as an editor and essayist on "matters criminous". He was an important early practitioner of the modern "true crime" literary genre.

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William Roughead (pronounced Ruff-head) (1870–1952) was a Scottish lawyer and amateur criminologist, as well as an editor and essayist on "matters criminous"...

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first gallows in Edinburgh and was also its first victim. Of this, William Roughead in Classic Crimes states that after research, he was sure that although...

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criminal cases, William Kay, 1865 [2] William Roughead, Trial of Dr. Pritchard, Notable Scottish Trials, William Hodge, 1906 [3] William Roughead, "Dr Pritchard"...

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Gary Roughead (/ˈrʌfhɛd/ "rough head"; born July 15, 1951) is a former United States Navy officer who served as the 29th Chief of Naval Operations from...

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831. Retrieved 23 February 2021. Roughead, William (1951). Classic Crimes: A Selection from the Works of William Roughead. London: Cassell. ISBN 0-394-71648-5...

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True crime

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but on how society views crime. Starting in 1889, Scottish lawyer William Roughead wrote and published essays for six decades about notable British murder...

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The following year, the Scottish lawyer and amateur criminologist William Roughead published his Trial of Oscar Slater, highlighting flaws in the prosecution...

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Burke and Hare murders

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Roughead, William (1921). Burke and Hare. Edinburgh: William Hodge & Co. OCLC 60737065. Sharpe, Charles Kirkpatrick, ed. (1829). Trial of William Burke...

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Alma Lawton

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Pimlico Mystery

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Held at the Central Criminal Court (1886), ISBN 978-1-4373-4233-8 Roughead, William, The Rebel Earl and Other Studies, (Edinburgh: W. Green & So, Limited...

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Rosenbach  United States 22 July 1876 1 July 1952 Collector, writer William Roughead  United Kingdom 1870 1952 Writer, lawyer Joan Rubió  Spain 24 April...

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High Court of Justiciary

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who was also Director of the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service. William Roughead, between 1889 and 1949 attended every murder trial of significance...

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List of Scottish writers

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(1958–2010), history and travel writer W. D. Ross (1877–1971), philosopher William Roughead (1870–1952), writer on crime and lawyer John Row (1568–1646), historian...

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extensive personal correspondence with the Scottish crime writer, William Roughead, the two writers offering support and encouragement to each other in...

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Alasdair Alpin MacGregor

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(1969) Islands by the Score (1971) Richard Whittington-Egan (1991). William Roughead's Chronicles of Murder. Lochar Pub. p. 336. ISBN 978-0-948403-55-2....

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Edinburgh Academical Football Club

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Dunecht House

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November 1872, retrieved 11 July 2014 Tranter (1972), p. 68 Roughead (1913), p. 258 Roughead (1913), p. 259 Miller (2007), p. 84 "Lord Cowdray: Captain...

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 76. Roughead 2014, p. 21. Roughead 2014, p. 27. Roughead 2014, p. 28. DSL: Greeting. Roughead 2014, pp. 28–29. Roughead 2014, p. 29. Roughead 2014,...

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Greenert became the 30th Chief of Naval Operations, succeeding Admiral Gary Roughead. On March 3, 2016, the National Bureau of Asian Research announced that...

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Bishop of Emly

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(1292–1294 and 1306–1308). Died in office on 4 February 1309. 1309 1335 William Roughead Elected before 14 May 1309 and received the temporalities on that date...

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