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About Jack Whicher
- Detective Inspector Jonathan "Jack" Whicher (1 October 1814 – 29 June 1881) was an English police detective.
- He was one of the original eight members of London's newly formed Detective Branch, which was established at Scotland Yard in 1842.
- During his career, Whicher earned a reputation among the finest in Europe.
- In 1860, he was involved in investigating the Constance Kent murder case, which was the subject of Kate Summerscale's 2008 book The Suspicions of Mr Whicher, as well as the film of the same name.
- He was one of the inspirations for Charles Dickens’s Inspector Bucket, Colin Dexter’s Inspector Morse, Wilkie Collins's Sergeant Cuff and R.
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- Wingfield's Jack Frost, among other fictional detectives.
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