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Dr. Thorndyke

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demonstrator – or curatorships and such like". He "hung around the chemical and physical laboratories, the museum and post mortem room" and meanwhile qualified as an MD and a DSc. Then he got called to the Bar with an eye to getting an appointment as coroner, but the lecturer on Medical Jurisprudence at St Margaret's retired unexpectedly, and Thorndyke applied for the vacant post. He was appointed to the post, and then set himself up in chambers. His first case was when he appeared for the defence in
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He was often assisted by his friend and foil Christopher Jervis, who usually acts as narrator, and always by the resourceful Nathaniel Polton, his crinkly-faced lab technician. Thorndyke had rescued Polton from poverty, after he had been hospitalised for starvation. Polton helped Thorndyke set up the
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Freeman put a great deal of effort into ensuring the accuracy of the Thorndyke stories, including carrying out the described experiments himself, and visiting the locations described in the stories. Freeman had his own lab and workshop on the top floor of his house at Gravesend, where he tested the
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as in autographs), a booklet in which people could collect fingerprints. It was launched on the market in 1904 by the stationer and publisher Dow & Lester, and consisted of a book of blank pages, with a single page of instructions, and an ink pad attached to one of the covers. Freeman noted on
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The first six stories of the list are "inverted" detective stories, divided into two parts. In the first part of each story, Freeman presented an account of the commission of a crime; in the second part, he presented an account, by Thorndyke's colleague Dr. Christopher Jervis, of Dr. Thorndyke's
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John Evelyn Thorndyke was born on 4 July 1870. He received his medical education at St. Margaret's Hospital, London, where he got his primary degree. Instead of then leaving the hospital, however, he remained there, "taking up any small appointments that were going – assistant
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scientists. His solutions were based on his method of collecting all possible data (including dust and pond weed) and making inferences from them before looking at any of the protagonists and motives in the crimes. Freeman ensured that his methods were practical by conducting all experiments
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that the Thumbograph was available at all the railway book-stalls, and that he either bought one or got one as a gift. However, he considered it a dangerous invention, as his observations in the Finger-print Department led him to think it possible to make false fingerprints from a copy of a
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in late 1909. It is not clear whether or not this edition of the book was illustrated, but the later 1916 edition certainly was. However, the book had far fewer illustrations than the magazines, with only the six drawings by H. M. Brock shown here and only nine photographs.
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Starting in 2018 and completed in 2021, editor David Marcum brought together the entire Thorndyke collection - much of which has been very difficult to obtain for fans. 21 novels and over 40 short stories are contained in nine matching massive volumes.
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fingerprint. He experimented with his own fingerprints and made stamps that could reproduce them. Thus he tested the method that the villain uses in the book, and that Thorndyke uses to convince the court, before he wrote about it.
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The order in the list appearing below is that of the American edition, which reprinted the five collections of stories in the following order (with two omissions already noted and also indicated below):
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for the BBC Home Service. It starred Cyril Luckham as Dr. Thorndyke, Arthur Gomez as Mr. Brodribb and Leslie Perrins as Supt. Miller. The archive status of this programme is unknown.
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Freeman wrote that "Dr. Thorndyke was not based on any person, real or fictitious. He was deliberately invented. In a professional sense he may have been suggested to me by Dr.
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with both pen and ink drawings and colour wash drawings (in black and white), as well as photographs showing the evidence in the cases. The stories were published as a book by
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laboratory after he took the rooms at King's Bench Walk. Thorndyke tended to have a better relationship with the police (usually in the form of Superintendent Miller) than
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Based on the stories written by R. Austin Freeman, the episodes, all of which except the pilot are missing from the BBC archive, were as follows:
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John Thorndyke's cases, supposedly related by Christopher Jervis and edited by Richard Austin Freeman first appeared as serial stories in
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did, despite proving them wrong on numerous occasions. Thorndyke, although tall, athletic, handsome, and clever, never married.
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Leadbeatter, Stephen (1999). "Forensic Pathologist". In Herbert, Rosemary, Rosemary; Aird, Catherine; Reilly, John M. (eds.).
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Two different omnibus editions of the collected Dr. Thorndyke short stories exist. The British edition is R. Austin Freeman,
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Tibbets, John C. (1999). "Thorndyke, Dr. John". In Herbert, Rosemary, Rosemary; Aird, Catherine; Reilly, John M. (eds.).
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in 1913 to suggest that they should publish the description of the life history of the liver fluke that Freeman gives in
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which appeared in the Christmas double number of the magazine in December 1908. The stories were illustrated by
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The Famous Cases of Dr. Thorndyke: Thirty-seven of His Criminal Investigations as set down by R. Austin Freeman
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In search of Dr. Thorndyke: The story of R. Austin Freeman's great scientific investigator and his creator
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edition for the US market. Many of the Thorndyke stories are available on Project Gutenberg Australia.
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This article is about the British novel character. For the fictional scientist Chuck Thorndyke, see
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Both series are available on DVD: in the UK from Network Video and in the US from Acornmedia.
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is a fictional detective in a long series of 21 novels and 40 short stories by British author
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The Dr. Thorndyke Omnibus: 38 of His Criminal Investigations as set down by R. Austin Freeman
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The Stoneware Monkey and The Penrose Mystery: Two Dr. Thorndyke Novels by R. Austin Freeman
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Starting in 2011, the BBC aired radio adaptations of some of the Thorndyke short stories,
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in Chris Harrald's adaptation of "The Moabite Cipher" in the third series of the
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5a King's Bench Walk (included in the 1941 Omnibus, Dr. Thorndyke's Crime File)
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Between 1907 and 1942, Thorndyke appeared in 21 novels and 40 short stories.
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solution of the crime. The remaining stories are called "direct" stories.
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Such is the accuracy of Freeman's writing that P. R. Gordon wrote to
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The Man with the Nailed Shoes (omitted from both omnibus editions)
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methods used by Thorndyke. One example of his approach is seen in
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Freeman, Richard Austin (1940). "13: The Facts and the Verdict".
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A Message from the Deep Sea (omitted from both omnibus editions)
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Two stories were also adapted as part of the Thames TV series
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Bleiler, E. F. (1973). "Introduction to the Dover Edition".
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A short series featuring Dr. Thorndyke was produced by the
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Freeman, Richard Austin (1940). "9: Storm and Sunshine".
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Freeman, Richard Austin (1907). "1: My Learned Brother".
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printed in the first Thorndyke short-story collection,
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Inspector Miller tackles the knife-wielding assailant
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The Mandarin's Pearl (omitted from British edition)
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"Preface". 1404:– via National Library of Australia. 464:(1923) (published in the United States as 454:(1912) (published in the United States as 444:(1909) (published in the United States as 426:(novel), and 5A King's Bench Walk" (essay) 407:(1942), published in the United States as 386:(1937), published in the United States as 359:(1932), published in the United States as 284:(1911), published in the United States as 45: 1343:(Tuesday 29 November 1904): 5. 1904-11-29 1124: 1122: 880:On June 9, 1962, Mollie Hardwick adapted 726:Thorndyke and Jervis examine the carriage 1683:"The Complete Dr. John Evelyn Thorndyke" 1446:A Guide to Classic Mystery and Detection 596:The Case of the White Footprints (UK 31) 215:. The story revolves in part around the 1066: 1034: 701: 638:The Apparition of Burling Court (UK 29) 1635:Sherlock Holmes Books by MX Publishing 1620:BBC Radio 4 Extra Programmes bbc.co.uk 1608:BBC Radio 4 Extra Programmes bbc.co.uk 1532:Freeman, Richard Austin (1908-12-01). 36: 662:The Pathologist to the Rescue (UK 20) 644:The Contents of a Mare's Nest (UK 14) 7: 1223:. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company 1195:. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company 808:. The title character was played by 224:the fly-leaf of his own copy of the 1023:List of fictional medical examiners 665:Gleanings from the Wreckage (UK 21) 635:A Mystery of the Sand-hills (UK 28) 578:The Anthropologist at Large (UK 09) 544:Complete Works of R. Austin Freeman 1691:"Dr Thorndyke Short Story Omnibus" 1606:"Thorndyke: Forensic Investigator" 740:The railway staff find a dead body 623:The Seal of Nebuchadnezzar (UK 24) 175:mentioned in the stories himself. 25: 1462:The Battered Silicon Dispatch Box 554:The Case of Oscar Brodski (UK 01) 435:The short-story collections are: 1421:. London: Hodder & Stoughton 1304:Starrett, Vincent (1943-10-10). 1271:. London: Hodder & Stoughton 1213:Freeman, Richard Austin (1941). 922:Thorndyke: Forensic Investigator 774: 768:He sees a mandarin in the mirror 760: 746: 732: 718: 704: 626:Phyllis Annesley's Peril (UK 25) 1669:at Project Gutenberg Australia. 1507:"Magazines: Pearson's Magazine" 575:The Stranger's Latchkey (UK 08) 557:A Case of Premeditation (UK 02) 456:The Adventures of Dr. Thorndyke 1482:"R Austin Freeman (1862-1943)" 1247:. London: Collingwood Brothers 1135:. London: Collingwood Brothers 988:played Dr. Thorndyke opposite 641:The Mysterious Visitor (UK 30) 620:The Green Check Jacket (UK 23) 569:Percival Bland's Proxy (UK 06) 372:For the Defence: Dr. Thorndyke 1: 1724:Fictional forensic scientists 1458:"In Search of Dr . Thorndyke" 1314:(Sunday 10 October 1943): 134 850:The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes 686:in 1908. The first story was 659:The Trail of Behemoth (UK 19) 650:The Naturalist at Law (UK 16) 629:A Sower of Pestilence (UK 26) 602:The New Jersey Sphinx (UK 33) 566:The Missing Mortgagee (UK 05) 536:Battered Silicon Dispatch Box 424:The Mystery of Angelina Frood 315:The Mystery of Angelina Frood 1631:"The Complete Dr. Thorndyke" 1594:"Mr. Pottermack's Oversight" 712:Thorndyke tackles the gunman 590:The Aluminium Dagger (UK 12) 560:The Echo of a Mutiny (UK 03) 1729:Fictional medical examiners 1486:Project Gutenberg Australia 1189:Stone, Percival M. (1941). 949:A Mystery of the Sand Hills 653:Mr. Ponting's Alibi (UK 17) 563:A Wastrel's Romance (UK 04) 351:Pontifex, Son and Thorndyke 51:John Thorndyke as drawn by 1745: 1667:Freeman novels and stories 1658:Works by R. Austin Freeman 1512:Aberdeen Press and Journal 1367:In Search of Dr. Thorndyke 1365:Donaldson, Norman (1998). 1218:Dr. Thorndyke's Crime File 901:Mr. Pottermack's Oversight 647:The Stalking Horse (UK 15) 584:The Moabite Cipher (UK 11) 416:Dr. Thorndyke's Crime File 347:(1930) -- inverted mystery 345:Mr. Pottermack's Oversight 323:(1925) -- inverted mystery 291:The Mystery of 31, New Inn 26: 1352:British Newspaper Archive 952:Pathologist to the Rescue 853:, in 1971–3. These were: 831:"A Case of Premeditation" 611:The Stolen Ingots (UK 36) 361:Dr. Thorndyke's Discovery 303:Helen Vardon's Confession 164:Dr. John Evelyn Thorndyke 44: 882:Dr. Thorndyke Intervenes 834:"The Mysterious Visitor" 614:The Funeral Pyre (UK 37) 593:The Magic Casket (UK 13) 462:Dr. Thorndyke's Casebook 405:The Jacob Street Mystery 366:Dr. Thorndyke Intervenes 96:Anthony Nicholls (radio) 76:The Jacob Street Mystery 1550:2027/iau.31858045768482 895:On September 14, 1963, 617:The Puzzle Lock (UK 22) 608:A Fisher of Men (UK 35) 599:The Blue Scarab (UK 32) 581:The Blue Sequin (UK 10) 409:The Unconscious Witness 339:As a Thief in the Night 333:A Certain Dr. Thorndyke 276:The Other Eye of Osiris 121:In-universe information 1076:John Thorndyke's Cases 936:November 2011 read by 906:Saturday Night Theatre 890:Saturday Night Theatre 886:The Corpse in the Case 794:Television adaptations 632:Rex v. 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Index

Dr. John Thorndyke
Sonic X

H. M. Brock
R. Austin Freeman
Peter Copley
John Neville
Barrie Ingham
Tim McInnerny
Detective
British
R. Austin Freeman
forensic
Inner Temple
Sherlock Holmes
Alfred Swayne Taylor
The Queenslander
John Thorndyke's Cases
Battered Silicon Dispatch Box
Pearson's Magazine
H. M. Brock
Chatto and Windus
Thorndyke tackles the gunman
Thorndyke and Jervis examine the carriage
The railway staff find a dead body
Thorndyke explains the puzzle to the professor
He sees a mandarin in the mirror
Inspector Miller tackles the knife-wielding assailant
BBC
Thorndyke

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