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Allan Pinkerton
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Scottish-American civil war detective and spy
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Allan Pinkerton was a male detective, intelligence officer, army scout, and businessperson born in Glasgow in 1819. He held citizenship in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the United States. Pinkerton wrote 130 works, including *Criminal reminiscences and detective sketches*, *Professional thieves and the detectives*, *Abduction of Charlie Brewster Ross*, *The railroad forger and the detectives*, and *The gypsies and the detectives*.
He died in Chicago on July 1, 1884, from gangrene resulting from natural causes. Pinkerton is buried at Graceland Cemetery. He was an atheist who spoke English and had three children. His life and work are described in the *Encyclopædia Britannica* 11th edition.
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Vinony's link graph records 995 inbound references to Allan Pinkerton, and connects out to Union Army, Pinkerton Government Services and Peninsula Campaign.
It sits within the topics 1819 births, 1884 deaths and 19th-century Scottish businesspeople.
Vinony links it to 29 Wikipedia language editions.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1819
- Died
- 1884
- Works
- 130
Top works
- Criminal reminiscences and detective sketches
- Professional thieves and the detectives
- Abduction of Charlie Brewster Ross
- The railroad forger and the detectives
- The gypsies and the detectives
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Allan
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Glasgow
- Place of death
- Chicago
- Occupation
- cooper
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- atheism
- Image
- PinkertonLincolnMcClernand.jpg
- Number of children
- 3
Show 9 more facts
- Commons category
- Allan Pinkerton
- date of birth
- 1819-08-25
- date of death
- 1884-07-01
- place of burial
- Graceland Cemetery
- Commons gallery
- Allan Pinkerton
- manner of death
- natural causes
- name in native language
- Allan Pinkerton
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- cause of death
- gangrene
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