
1696–1761
William Oldys (14 July 1696 â 15 April 1761) was an English antiquarian and bibliographer.
William Oldys (14 July 1696 â 15 April 1761) was an English antiquarian and bibliographer.
Same nationality and era where possible; falls back to shared nationality or era.
Walter Kennedy (c.â1695 â 21 July 1721) was an English pirate who served as a crew member under Howell Davis and Bartholomew Roberts.
Jonathan Wild, also spelled Wilde (1682 or 1683 â 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".
John Cleland (24 September 1709 â 23 January 1789) was an English novelist best known for his fictional Fanny Hill: or, the Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure, whose eroticism led to his arrest.