LC control no. | n 50011019 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Pinkerton, Allan, 1819-1884 |
See also | Founded corporate body of person: Pinkerton's National Detective Agency |
Associated country | Great Britain United States |
Birth date | 1819-08-25 |
Death date | 1884-07-01 |
Place of birth | Glasgow (Scotland) |
Place of death | Chicago (Ill.) |
Field of activity | Criminal investigation |
Profession or occupation | Detectives Authors |
Found in | His The somnambulist, 1903. Allan Pinkerton entry in Britannica Academic, viewed online under license February 21, 2020 (Allan Pinkerton, born Glasgow, Scotland, August 25, 1819, died July 1, 1884, Chicago, Illinois, detective and founder of the Pinkerton National Detective Agency; he wrote The Molly Maguires and the detectives (1877), The spy of the Rebellion (1883), and Thirty years a detective (1884)) |
Associated language | eng |