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Bartholomew Roberts

1682 - 1722

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Bartholomew Roberts (17 May 1682 – 10 February 1722), born John Roberts, was a Welsh pirate who was, measured by vessels captured, the most successful pirate of the Golden Age of Piracy. During his piratical career, he took over 400 prize ships, although most were mere fishing boats. Roberts raided ships off the Americas and the West African coast between 1719 and 1722; he is also noted for creating his own pirate code, and adopting an early variant of the Skull and Crossbones flag. Roberts' infamy and success saw him become known as The Great Pyrate and eventually as Black Bart (Welsh: Barti Ddu), and made him a popular subject for writers of both fiction and non-fiction. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bartholomew Roberts is the 11th most popular pirate (down from 8th in 2019), the 709th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 426th in 2019) and the 5th most popular British Pirate.

Bartholomew Roberts was a Welsh pirate who raided ships in the Caribbean and off the coast of Africa from 1719 to 1722. He was the most successful pirate of the Golden Age of Piracy, capturing more than 400 ships.

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Among PIRATES

Among pirates, Bartholomew Roberts ranks 11 out of 29. Before him are Ching Shih, Calico Jack, Grace O'Malley, Anne Bonny, D. B. Cooper, and Mary Read. After him are William Kidd, Henry Every, François l'Olonnais, Sextus Pompey, Benjamin Hornigold, and Jan Janszoon.

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Among people born in 1682, Bartholomew Roberts ranks 4. Before him are Charles XII of Sweden, Calico Jack, and Louis, Duke of Burgundy. After him are Johann Friedrich Böttger, Princess Albertina Frederica of Baden-Durlach, Giovanni Battista Morgagni, Şehsuvar Sultan, Shahu I, William VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, Claudine Guérin de Tencin, and Jacopo Amigoni. Among people deceased in 1722, Bartholomew Roberts ranks 4. Before him are Kangxi Emperor, Elizabeth Charlotte, Madame Palatine, and John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough. After him are John Toland, Johann Kuhnau, Pierre Varignon, Johann Adam Reincken, Carl Gustav Rehnskiöld, Adriaen van der Werff, Marie Anne de La Trémoille, princesse des Ursins, and Claude Gillot.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Bartholomew Roberts ranks 709 out of 8,785. Before him are Alec Douglas-Home (1903), W. T. Stead (1849), Stanley Baldwin (1867), Kenneth Branagh (1960), William John Swainson (1789), and John Cockcroft (1897). After him are Colin Bell (1946), Margaret Douglas (1515), Tony Iommi (1948), Oswald Mosley (1896), Elizabeth Blackwell (1821), and G. E. Moore (1873).

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Among PIRATES In United Kingdom

Among pirates born in United Kingdom, Bartholomew Roberts ranks 5. Before him are Henry Morgan (1635), Blackbeard (1680), Calico Jack (1682), and Mary Read (1695). After him are William Kidd (1645), Henry Every (1659), Benjamin Hornigold (1680), Charles Vane (1680), Samuel Bellamy (1689), Thomas Tew (1649), and Edward Low (1690).

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