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Allan Pinkerton

1819 - 1884

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Allan Pinkerton (August 21, 1819 – July 1, 1884) was a Scottish-American detective, spy, abolitionist, and cooper best known for creating the Pinkerton National Detective Agency in the United States and his claim to have obstructed the plot in 1861 to assassinate then president-elect Abraham Lincoln. During the Civil War, he provided the Union Army – specifically General George B. McClellan of the Army of the Potomac – with military intelligence, including extremely inaccurate enemy troop strength numbers. After the war, his agents played a significant role as strikebreakers – in particular during the Great Railroad Strike of 1877 – a role that Pinkerton men would continue to play after the death of their founder. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Allan Pinkerton is the 1,419th most popular writer (down from 1,331st in 2019), the 1,276th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,015th in 2019) and the 135th most popular British Writer.

Allan Pinkerton was a detective who founded the Pinkerton National Detective Agency. He is most famous for his role in the Lincoln assassination.

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Among writers, Allan Pinkerton ranks 1,419 out of 7,302. Before him are Jean-Jacques Ampère, John Berger, Roger Caillois, Fulcher of Chartres, A. E. van Vogt, and Odo of Cluny. After him are William Styron, José de Acosta, Louise Labé, Liu Cixin, Joachim Fest, and Sharafkhan Bidlisi.

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Among people born in 1819, Allan Pinkerton ranks 28. Before him are Theodor Fontane, Gottfried Keller, Cyrus West Field, Théodore Chassériau, Francis V, Duke of Modena, and Johan Jongkind. After him are Louise Marie Thérèse of Artois, Elias Howe, Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia, Abner Doubleday, Carlos Manuel de Céspedes, and Otto Wilhelm von Struve. Among people deceased in 1884, Allan Pinkerton ranks 20. Before him are Fanny Elssler, Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany, Alfred Brehm, Karl Richard Lepsius, Hermann Schlegel, and Hans Makart. After him are Prince Frederick William of Hesse-Kassel, Paul Abadie, Jules Bastien-Lepage, Leopold Fitzinger, Eduard Rüppell, and Alexander, Prince of Orange.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Allan Pinkerton ranks 1,276 out of 8,785. Before him are George Canning (1770), Taron Egerton (1989), Charles W. Alcock (1842), John Fisher (1469), John Berger (1926), and Alastair Windsor, 2nd Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (1914). After him are Imelda Staunton (1956), Rob Roy MacGregor (1671), Cynthia Lennon (1939), Dirk Bogarde (1921), James Paul Moody (1887), and Joseph Bell (1837).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Allan Pinkerton ranks 135. Before him are Ken Robinson (1950), David C. H. Austin (1926), Robert Browning (1812), P. D. James (1920), E. L. James (1963), and John Berger (1926). After him are Ruth Rendell (1930), James Anderson (1680), Evelyn Waugh (1903), Lee Child (1954), Bernard Cornwell (1944), and Joseph Addison (1672).

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