- George Edalji
George Ernest Thompson Edalji (March 1876 –
17 June 1953 ) was a solicitor from the West Midlands who gained notability for being defended in a case ofhorse slashing by the authorArthur Conan Doyle .Edalji was the eldest of three children of Shapurji Edalji and Charlotte Stoneham. His father was of
India n descent (a Parsi ofBombay ), and his mother Scottish. Edalji became asolicitor inBirmingham ,England , during the early 1900s. He proved to be an outstanding student during law school, and won prizes from theLaw Society . He wrote the book "Railway Law for the "Man in the train", which was "intended as a guide for the Travelling Public".He was wrongly convicted of the '
Great Wyrley Outrages', but cleared as the result of an investigation byArthur Conan Doyle .Julian Barnes ' 2005 novel "Arthur & George " (ISBN 0-224-07703-1) recounts the entire episode in great detail, as does the non-fiction work "Conan Doyle and the Parson's Son: The George Edalji Case" (ISBN 1843862417).External links
* [http://www.theplebeian.net Conan Doyle and The Parson's Son:The George Edalji Case]
* [http://www.birmingham.gov.uk/edalji Birmingham City Council biography]
* [http://www.siracd.com/life_case1.shtml Conan Doyle and The George Edalji Case]
* [http://www.julianbarnes.com/bib/arthur&george.html About the novel by Julian Barnes «Arthur & George»]
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