John "Jack" Sheppard (4 March 1702 – 16 November 1724), or "Honest Jack", was a notorious English thief and prison escapee of early 18th-century London. Born into a poor family, he was …

Jack Sheppard (born December 1702, Stepney, Eng.—died Nov. 16, 1724, London) was an 18th-century English thief who managed four spectacular escapes from London prisons and …

Jack Sheppard was the 18th century’s most notorious robber and thief. His spectacular escapes from various prisons, including two from Newgate, made him the most glamorous rogue in …

Feb 1, 2023 · The celebrity status achieved serial thief and prison-breaker Jack Sheppard was incredible. When he was finally - spoiler alert - hanged in 1724, around 200,000 people came …

Jan 13, 2017 · His first recorded crime was for petty shoplifting in spring 1723. He was, however, still working as a carpenter and wasn’t suspected of robbery. That same year, Sheppard …

Mar 1, 2023 · Jack’s escapes from Newgate Jail - the most terrible prison in London - made him a folk hero. His story was written up in the penny broadsheets - by no less than Daniel Defoe.

Apr 4, 2021 · On 16 November 1724 Jack Sheppard was hanged at Tyburn. Where Marble Arch now stands, thousands witnessed the 22-year-old Londoner’s agonising end as plans to save …

Jack Sheppard, 1702–24, English criminal. Raised in a workhouse, he ran away with Bess Lyon, known as Edgeworth Bess, who, with another girl known as Poll Maggott, incited him to a …

In the month of August, 1723, Thomas Sheppard, the brother of Jack, was indicted at the Old Bailey for two petty offences, and being convicted was burned in the hand. Soon after his …

Shepard's criminal career lasted less than two years, during which he engaged in various robberies and burglaries. He formed a partnership with Joseph Blake and became a member …

Aug 18, 2020 · Jack Sheppard, a romance about a London robber (1702–1724) and a prison-breaker (he escaped four times, which gave him a contemporary and posthumous notoriety), …

According to Earle Labor, the recognized, foremost Jack London scholar, “The rumor was apparently started shortly after London’s death by his erstwhile friend, George Sterling, who …

The Road is an autobiographical memoir by Jack London, first published in 1907. It is London's account of his experiences as a hobo in the 1890s, during the worst economic depression the …

Nov 26, 2016 · Jack London died 100 years ago this week, worn out from drink, disease and overwork — but he left behind a prolific body of work that considers the vast scope of human …

In the first wave was a tough, stocky 21-year-old from San Francisco named Jack London. Left, the riverfront in Dawson City, Yukon Territory, December 1897. Though his time in the Yukon …

Jan 2, 2021 · After his father is brutally murdered, bank robber Jack Cregan (Fairbrass) sets out to hunt down those responsible but soon discovers that his family has been hiding a terrible …

Dec 14, 2016 · In his fictional universe, lone wolves die and abusive alpha males never win out in the end. The 1,400-acre Jack London State Historic Park lies in the heart of Sonoma Valley …

Apr 9, 2011 · On the morning of 4th September 1724, an inconsequential thief named Jack Sheppard was to be hung at Tyburn for stealing three rolls of cloth, two silver spoons and a …

Nov 26, 2016 · Jack London died 100 years ago this week, worn out from drink, disease and overwork — but he left behind a prolific body of work that considers the vast scope of human …

Aug 16, 2023 · The details of London's death have created a schism in the scholarship surrounding his life. One camp believes what was written on his official death certificate at the …