L. Gordon Rylands he was assistant registrar of Grimes's Manchester Tutorial College. In 1887, he married Katherine Edwards; they had a daughter. Rylands was an uncle of the academic Dadie Rylands. Rylands authored the book "Crime: Its Causes and Remedy" (1889). Rylands was best known as an advocate of the Christ myth theory. He denied the historicity of Jesus. L. Gordon Rylands Louis Gordon Rylands (July 10, 1862 - December 20, 1942), best known as L. Gordon Rylands was a British criminologist and writer. Rylands was born in Warrington, Lancashire. His father was the politician Peter Rylands. He was educated at Charterhouse and
Rylands v Fletcher that in such cases the proprietor is doing something upon his property which is in its nature dangerous and not necessary (or usual?) in the ordinary management of the particular kind of property, and he is therefore bound to observe a higher degree of diligence to prevent injury to his neighbour". The use of "Rylands" in Scots law, which was started in "Mackintosh", finally came to an end in "RHM Bakeries v Strathclyde Regional Council". Lord Fraser, as part of his judgment, stated that the idea of strict liability that was brought into play by "Rylands" was not a part