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Allan Pinkerton
Scottish-american civil war detective and spy.
Born August 25th, 1819 in Glasgow.
Died July 1st, 1884 at 64 years old in Chicago (gangrene).
Occupations
army scout, businessperson, cooper, detective, intelligence officer, spymaster, writer
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