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Allan Pinkerton

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A Scottish-American detective who founded the Pinkerton National Detective Agency in 1850, hired the first female detective, Kate Warne, and developed early centralized criminal records, practices that influenced later law enforcement record systems. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Birth YearSourced to the subject's own account
1819 1
Death YearSourced to the subject's own account
1884 1
Nationality
American 2
Nationality
British 2
NationalitySourced to the subject's own account
Scottish-American 1
Defining ContributionSourced to the subject's own account
Founded the first major private detective agency in the United States and pioneered undercover work and centralized criminal records. 1
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Institutions Founded

Source Wikipedia: Pinkerton (Detective Agency)
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Allan Pinkerton
2. Wikidata: Allan Pinkerton
Wikidata Q365650, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
Wikipedia: Pinkerton (Detective Agency)
Institutions Founded: Pinkerton National Detective AgencyView the Source
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