Jonathan Wild

E166401

criminal historical figure person thief-taker

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.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Jonathan Wild canonical	4
Dick Turpin	2
Jonathan Wild the Great	2
Fagin	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	criminal ⓘ historical figure ⓘ person ⓘ thief-taker ⓘ
activity	extortion ⓘ organized crime ⓘ perjury ⓘ theft ⓘ
basedIn	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
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 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Jonathan Wild the Great
detainedAt	Newgate Prison ⓘ
employer	self-employed ⓘ
ethnicGroup	English ⓘ
executedAt	Tyburn gallows ⓘ surface form: Tyburn
gender	male ⓘ
hasReputation	arch-villain in popular culture ⓘ notorious London underworld figure ⓘ
inspiredAuthor	Henry Fielding ⓘ
inspiredWork	Jonathan Wild self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Jonathan Wild the Great
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, England ⓘ surface form: London 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 ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

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

Macheath → inspiredBy → Jonathan Wild ⓘ

Alec Guinness → portrayed → Jonathan Wild ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fagin

Henry Fielding → notableWork → Jonathan Wild ⓘ

Jack Sheppard → contemporaryOf → Jonathan Wild ⓘ

Jack Sheppard → enemyOf → Jonathan Wild ⓘ

Jonathan Wild → inspiredWork → Jonathan Wild self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jonathan Wild the Great

Jonathan Wild → describedIn → Jonathan Wild self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jonathan Wild the Great

Carry On Dick → parodies → Jonathan Wild ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dick Turpin

Carry On Dick → character → Jonathan Wild ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dick Turpin