Jerome Caminada, Manchester's Sherlock Holmes

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Jerome Caminada
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerome_Caminada

Jerome Caminada (1844 – March 1914) was a 19th-century police officer in Manchester, England.

Caminada served with the police between 1868 and 1899, and has been called Manchester's Sherlock Holmes.
Caminada had a national reputation for policing in the UK.

His policing style was eccentric by modern standards, and often involved dressing in disguise to gather evidence on suspects. He maintained a large network of informers.

Caminada retired in 1899, and became a private detective.

There have been claims that the Victorian-era detective who featured in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's novels was based on Jerome Caminada's life.
There are parallels between Sherlock Holmes and Jerome Caminada.


Jerome Caminada - Manchester’s real-life Sherlock Holmes
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