Martial Bourdin

Martial Bourdin
Born1868 (1868)
Tours, France
Died15 February 1894(1894-02-15) (aged 25–26)
Greenwich Hospital, London, England
Other namesJ. Allder
OccupationTailor
MovementAnarchism
Royal Observatory, Greenwich c. 1902 as depicted on a postcard

Martial Bourdin (1868 – 15 February 1894) was a French anarchist, who died on 15 February 1894 when chemical explosives that he was carrying prematurely detonated outside the Royal Observatory in Greenwich Park, London.[1]

  1. ^ Higgitt, Rebekah (5 August 2016). "The real story of the Secret Agent and the Greenwich Observatory bombing". Guardian. Retrieved 3 April 2024.