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Historical figure.

Jonathan Wild (1682/1683 - 24 May 1725), was an English thief-taker and a major figure in London's criminal underworld, notable for operating on both sides of the law, posing as a public-spirited vigilante entitled the "Thief-Taker General". He simultaneously ran a significant criminal empire, and used his crimefighting role to remove rivals and launder the proceeds of his own crimes.

== In the Sherlock Holmes stories ==

* [[Sherlock Holmes]] compared Jonathan Wild to [[Professor Moriarty]] : "He was a master criminal, and he lived last century — 1750 or thereabouts. Jonathan Wild was the hidden force of the London criminals, to whom he sold his brains and his organization on a fifteen per cent commission." ([[VALL]] {{refcanon|VALL|368}}).

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[[Category:Characters (all stories)|Wild, Jonathan]]
[[Category:Characters (Sherlock Holmes stories)|Wild, Jonathan]]

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