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Thomas Tew

1649 - 1695

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Thomas Tew (died September 1695), also known as the Rhode Island Pirate, was a 17th-century English privateer-turned-pirate. He embarked on two major pirate voyages and met a bloody death on the second, and he pioneered the route which became known as the Pirate Round. Other infamous pirates in his path included Henry Avery and William Kidd. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Thomas Tew is the 23rd most popular pirate (down from 22nd in 2019), the 1,954th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,341st in 2019) and the 11th most popular British Pirate.

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Among PIRATES

Among pirates, Thomas Tew ranks 23 out of 29. Before him are Jan Janszoon, Stede Bonnet, Charles Vane, Piet Pieterszoon Hein, Samuel Bellamy, and Edward England. After him are Jean Lafitte, Roche Braziliano, Cheung Po Tsai, Edward Low, Carlo Rambaldi, and Awilda.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1649, Thomas Tew ranks 8. Before him are Pope Benedict XIII, James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, John Blow, Louise de Kérouaille, Duchess of Portsmouth, Princess Frederica Amalia of Denmark, and Marie Anne Mancini. After him are Archduke Charles Joseph of Austria, Bernhard I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, Giuseppe Maria Tomasi, Augusta Marie of Holstein-Gottorp, Elihu Yale, and Jan Luyken. Among people deceased in 1695, Thomas Tew ranks 12. Before him are Johann Ambrosius Bach, Pierre Mignard, Christian Albert, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, François-Henri de Montmorency, duc de Luxembourg, Zumbi, and Ludwika Karolina Radziwiłł. After him are Melchior d'Hondecoeter, Paul Hermann, Pierre Nicole, Georg von Derfflinger, Gustav Adolph, Duke of Mecklenburg-Güstrow, and Christoph Arnold.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Thomas Tew ranks 1,954 out of 8,785. Before him are Joseph Henry Blackburne (1841), James Herbert Brennan (1940), Dick Francis (1920), Patricia Hayes (1909), Alf Ramsey (1920), and Paul Bettany (1971). After him are Thom Yorke (1968), Gary Brooker (1945), Dan McCafferty (1946), Robert T. A. Innes (1861), Ralph Richardson (1902), and Richard Parkes Bonington (1801).

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Among PIRATES In United Kingdom

Among pirates born in United Kingdom, Thomas Tew ranks 11. Before him are Bartholomew Roberts (1682), William Kidd (1645), Henry Every (1659), Benjamin Hornigold (1680), Charles Vane (1680), and Samuel Bellamy (1689). After him are Edward Low (1690).

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