Jonathan Wild

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Jonathan Wild was an infamous early 18th-century London crime boss and thief-taker who orchestrated and profited from organized crime while posing as a law enforcer.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Jonathan Wild canonical 6
Dick Turpin 2
Jonathan Wild the Great 2

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf criminal ⓘ
historical figure ⓘ
person ⓘ
thief-taker ⓘ
activity extortion ⓘ
organized crime ⓘ
perjury ⓘ
theft ⓘ
basedIn London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
causeOfDeath hanging ⓘ
contemporaryOf George I of Great Britain ⓘ
controlled network of thieves in London ⓘ
convictedOf felony ⓘ
receiving stolen goods ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship England ⓘ
Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
dateOfBirth circa 1682 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1725-05-24 ⓘ
describedIn Jonathan Wild the Great ⓘ
linked to: Jonathan Wild
detainedAt Newgate Prison ⓘ
employer self-employed ⓘ
ethnicGroup English ⓘ
executedAt Tyburn ⓘ
linked to: Tyburn gallows
gender male ⓘ
hasReputation arch-villain in popular culture ⓘ
notorious London underworld figure ⓘ
inspiredAuthor Henry Fielding ⓘ
inspiredWork Jonathan Wild the Great ⓘ
linked to: Jonathan Wild
languageSpoken English ⓘ
mannerOfDeath execution by hanging ⓘ
notableEvent arrest and trial in 1725 ⓘ
execution at Tyburn in 1725 ⓘ
notableFor controlling organized crime in early 18th-century London ⓘ
posing as a law enforcer while running criminal enterprises ⓘ
system of recovering stolen goods for rewards ⓘ
occupation crime boss ⓘ
fence ⓘ
gang leader ⓘ
thief-taker ⓘ
placeOfBirth Wolverhampton ⓘ
placeOfDeath London ⓘ
linked to: London, England

Newgate Prison ⓘ
profitedFrom blackmailing thieves ⓘ
rewards for returning stolen goods ⓘ
regionOfBirth Staffordshire ⓘ
sentencedTo death ⓘ
timePeriod early 18th century ⓘ
turnedInToAuthorities thieves who did not cooperate with him ⓘ
usedLegalRoleAsCoverFor criminal activities ⓘ

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Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Macheath → inspiredBy → Jonathan Wild ⓘ
Alec Guinness → portrayed → Fagin ⓘ
linked to: Jonathan Wild
Henry Fielding → notableWork → Jonathan Wild ⓘ
Jack Sheppard → contemporaryOf → Jonathan Wild ⓘ
Jack Sheppard → enemyOf → Jonathan Wild ⓘ
Jonathan Wild → inspiredWork → Jonathan Wild the Great ⓘ
linked to: Jonathan Wild
Jonathan Wild → describedIn → Jonathan Wild the Great ⓘ
linked to: Jonathan Wild
Carry On Dick → parodies → Dick Turpin ⓘ
linked to: Jonathan Wild
Carry On Dick → character → Dick Turpin ⓘ
linked to: Jonathan Wild
Wild → hasNotableBearer → Jonathan Wild ⓘ
Jack Sheppard (1839 novel) → hasCharacter → Jonathan Wild ⓘ