Edmund Reid, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Edmund Reid

head of the CID in the Metropolitan Police's H Division

Date of Birth: 21-Mar-1846

Place of Birth: Canterbury, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 05-Dec-1917

Profession: police officer, balloonist

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Detective Inspector Edmund John James Reid (21 March 1846 – 5 December 1917) was the head of the CID in the Metropolitan Police's H Division at the time of the Whitechapel murders of Jack the Ripper in 1888.
He was also an early aeronaut.