https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=George_EdaljiGeorge Edalji - Revision history2026-10-26T12:03:40ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.43.6https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=George_Edalji&diff=334382&oldid=prevUpdateBot: robot: Update article (please report if you notice any mistake or error in this edit)2022-06-24T13:14:22Z<p>robot: Update article (please <a href="/wiki/User_talk:UpdateBot" title="User talk:UpdateBot">report</a> if you notice any mistake or error in this edit)</p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Reverend Edalji moved into the vicarage in late 1875, it was a large house with its own grounds; George, the first child, was born there soon after. The <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">senoir </del>Edalji was more assertive than his predecessor and was sometimes involved in controversy about parish business.<ref name=Risinger06/> Many writers have noted that the Edalji's were the first Parsis and the first Indians to move into [[Great Wyrley]], a major contributing factor in the hostile way they were treated in the village.<ref name=Christian13>Christian, Paul. (2013). ‘Sherlock Holmes’ and the curious case of Welwyn Garden City man George Edalji. ''Welwyn Hatfield Times'' (online), 17&nbsp;June, see [http://www.whtimes.co.uk/news/sherlock_holmes_and_the_curious_case_of_welwyn_garden_city_man_george_edalji_1_2232724], accessed 20 September 2015.</ref> An aristocratic former army officer named Captain the Honourable G.A.&nbsp;Anson was the Chief Constable of Staffordshire during the case, in a long period of office extending from 1888 to 1929. Anson was markedly hostile in his dealings with the Edalji's, something which some writers have claimed to be due to their ethnicitiy.<ref name=Costello06>Costello, Peter. (2006). Persecution of George Edalji. [In] ''Conan Doyle, Detective'', pp.&nbsp;95–132, New York, NY, USA: Carroll & Graf, {{ISBN|0786718552}} and 1472103653, see [https://books.google.com/books?isbn=1472103653], accessed 20&nbsp;September 2015.</ref><ref name=Kerr15>Kerr, Douglas. (2015). ''Conan Doyle: Writing, Profession, and Practice'', p.&nbsp;153, Oxford, GBR: Oxford University Press, {{ISBN|0198728077}}, see [https://books.google.com/books?isbn=0198728077], accessed 20 September 2015.</ref><ref name=Nash08>Nash, Jay Robert. (2008). ''I Am Innocent!: A Comprehensive Encyclopedic History of the World's Wrongly Convicted Persons''. Boston, MA, USA: Da Capo Press, {{ISBN|0306815605}}, see [https://books.google.com/books?isbn=0306815605], accessed 20 September 2015.</ref><ref name=Birmingham15>Anon. (2015). The George Edalji Case. ''Birmingham City Council'' (online), at "Things to do: Libraries, Archives, and Heritage", see [http://www.birmingham.gov.uk/edalji]. Accessed 20&nbsp;September 2015.</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Reverend Edalji moved into the vicarage in late 1875, it was a large house with its own grounds; George, the first child, was born there soon after. The <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">senior </ins>Edalji was more assertive than his predecessor and was sometimes involved in controversy about parish business.<ref name=Risinger06/> Many writers have noted that the Edalji's were the first Parsis and the first Indians to move into [[Great Wyrley]], a major contributing factor in the hostile way they were treated in the village.<ref name=Christian13>Christian, Paul. (2013). ‘Sherlock Holmes’ and the curious case of Welwyn Garden City man George Edalji. ''Welwyn Hatfield Times'' (online), 17&nbsp;June, see [http://www.whtimes.co.uk/news/sherlock_holmes_and_the_curious_case_of_welwyn_garden_city_man_george_edalji_1_2232724], accessed 20 September 2015.</ref> An aristocratic former army officer named Captain the Honourable G.A.&nbsp;Anson was the Chief Constable of Staffordshire during the case, in a long period of office extending from 1888 to 1929. Anson was markedly hostile in his dealings with the Edalji's, something which some writers have claimed to be due to their ethnicitiy.<ref name=Costello06>Costello, Peter. (2006). Persecution of George Edalji. [In] ''Conan Doyle, Detective'', pp.&nbsp;95–132, New York, NY, USA: Carroll & Graf, {{ISBN|0786718552}} and 1472103653, see [https://books.google.com/books?isbn=1472103653], accessed 20&nbsp;September 2015.</ref><ref name=Kerr15>Kerr, Douglas. (2015). ''Conan Doyle: Writing, Profession, and Practice'', p.&nbsp;153, Oxford, GBR: Oxford University Press, {{ISBN|0198728077}}, see [https://books.google.com/books?isbn=0198728077], accessed 20 September 2015.</ref><ref name=Nash08>Nash, Jay Robert. (2008). ''I Am Innocent!: A Comprehensive Encyclopedic History of the World's Wrongly Convicted Persons''. Boston, MA, USA: Da Capo Press, {{ISBN|0306815605}}, see [https://books.google.com/books?isbn=0306815605], accessed 20 September 2015.</ref><ref name=Birmingham15>Anon. (2015). The George Edalji Case. ''Birmingham City Council'' (online), at "Things to do: Libraries, Archives, and Heritage", see [http://www.birmingham.gov.uk/edalji]. Accessed 20&nbsp;September 2015.</ref></div></td></tr>
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