Charles Chabot (

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19 March 1815 – 15 October 1882) was an English

graphologist Graphology is the analysis of handwriting with attempt to determine someone's personality traits. No scientific evidence exists to support graphology, and it is generally considered a pseudoscience or scientifically questionable practice. Howe ...

who, as part of the firm of Netherclift, Chabot and Matheson, was an early practitioner of

questioned document examination In forensic science, questioned document examination (QDE) is the examination of documents potentially disputed in a court of law. Its primary purpose is to provide evidence about a suspicious or questionable document using scientific processes a ...

. Chabot was born

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, the son of Charles, a

lithographer Lithography () is a planographic method of printing originally based on the immiscibility of oil and water. The printing is from a stone (lithographic limestone) or a metal plate with a smooth surface. It was invented in 1796 by the German a ...

, and Amy ''née'' Pearson, a couple of

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descent.Henderson (2004) Beginning as a lithographer, he developed as an expert in

handwriting Handwriting is the writing done with a writing instrument, such as a pen or pencil, in the hand. Handwriting includes both printing and cursive styles and is separate from formal calligraphy or typeface A typeface (or font family) is ...

and became sought after as an

expert witness An expert witness, particularly in common law countries such as the United Kingdom, Australia, and the United States, is a person whose opinion by virtue of education, training, certification, skills or experience, is accepted by the judge as ...

in a variety of famous

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s including the

Roupell case The Roupell case (1862) was a notorious English legal dispute that centred on legal documents alleged to have been forged by William Roupell and excited great public interest. Background William Roupell was the illegitimate son of Richard Palmer ...

and the

Tichborne Case The Tichborne case was a legal ''cause célèbre'' that captivated Victorian England in the 1860s and 1870s. It concerned the claims by a man sometimes referred to as Thomas Castro or as Arthur Orton, but usually termed "the Claimant", to be t ...

. In 1871, Chabot became involved in establishing the ''

identity of Junius Junius (writer), Junius was the pen name, pseudonym of a writer who contributed a series of political letters critical of the government of George III of the United Kingdom, King George III to the ''Public Advertiser'', from 21 January 1769 to 21 ...

'' and concluded that he was Sir Philip Francis.Chabot (1871) Chabot married Sarah ''née'' Nichols in 1842 and the couple parented at least one son, Charles. Chabot died at home in London. and was buried at the South Metropolitan Cemetery at West Norwood

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Illustrated London News ''The Illustrated London News'' appeared first on Saturday 14 May 1842, as the world's first illustrated weekly news magazine. Founded by Herbert Ingram, it appeared weekly until 1971, then less frequently thereafter, and ceased publication in ...

'', 25 Nov 1882, 549 ---- * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Chabot, Charles 1815 births 1882 deaths Graphologists Burials at West Norwood Cemetery