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Thomas Holmes.
Holmes, Thomas (1846–1918), police-court missionary and philanthropist
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Thomas Holmes was a British police-court missionary, philanthropist, author and, upon retirement, secretary of the Howard Association. His career as a missionary made him "a well-known figure, universally respected", in particular his interventions and friendship with the notorious Jane Cakebread. He wrote several books on criminology and London's "criminal underworld".
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- 1846
- Died
- 1918