Lectionary Calendar
Wednesday, May 8th, 2024
Eve of Ascension
Attention!
We are taking food to Ukrainians still living near the front lines. You can help by getting your church involved.
Click to donate today!

Bible Encyclopedias
Sheppard, Jack

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

Search for…
or
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z
Prev Entry
Shepherd of Salisbury Plain
Next Entry
Sheppey, Isle of
Resource Toolbox

A notorious criminal, whose audacious robberies and daring escapes from Newgate Prison made him for a time the terror and talk of London; drew some 200,000 people to witness his execution at Tyburn; figures as the hero of a well-known novel by Harrison Ainsworth (1702-1724).

Bibliography Information
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Sheppard, Jack'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​s/sheppard-jack.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
adsFree icon
Ads FreeProfile