Wynne Edwin Baxter

Wynne Edwin Baxter

Wynne Edwin Baxter FRMS FGS (1 May 1844 – 1 October 1920) was an English intellectual and medical professional, variously working as a lawyer, translator, antiquarian, botanist, and coroner. He is best known for conducting the inquests on most of the victims of the Whitechapel Murders of 1888 to 1891, including three of the five canonical victims of Jack the Ripper in 1888. He was appointed governor of Royal London Hospital and conducted the inquest on Joseph Merrick, the "Elephant Man".

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