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William Fly

English pirate
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William Fly
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Facts

13 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[8]
Date of birth
1699
Date of death
July 12, 1726
Place of death
Boston
Country of citizenship
United Kingdom[7]
Occupation
sailor, military personnel, executioner
Cause of death
hanging to death[10]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[14]
Convicted of
sea piracy[13]
Given name
William[11]
Manner of death
capital punishment[12]
Military, police or special rank
boatswain[9]
🏷️ Also known as
en William Fly ar ويليام فلاي fa ویلیام فلای ja ウィリアム・フライ ru Уильям Флай ru Флай, Уильям uk Вільям Флай zh 威廉·弗賴
🔖 Identifiers · 9
VIAF cluster ID
39313270
Library of Congress Authorities ID
nr2002023561
ExecutedToday ID
2008/07/12/1726
FAST ID
1818857
FactGrid item ID
Wikidata item
Freebase ID
/m/0508jq
Trading Card Database name ID
177292
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJfh83tpwjRywvBHMkfDv3
Yale LUX ID
person/cd8ea7bd-5db8-46c9-ab53-b8caef723f7a

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🔗 Connections
Occupation 3
sailor, executioner, military personnel
Cause of death 1
hanging to death
Convicted of 1
sea piracy
Country of citizenship 1
United Kingdom
Given name 1
William
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Manner of death 1
capital punishment
Military, police or special rank 1
boatswain
Place of death 1
Boston
Sex or gender 1
male
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Summary

William Fly was born in 1699[1]. He died on July 12, 1726[2], in Boston[3]. He worked as a sailor[4], military personnel[5], and executioner[6].

FAQs

Where did William Fly die?

William Fly passed away in Boston[3].

What did William Fly do for work?

William Fly worked as a sailor[4], military personnel[5], and executioner[6].

Related Entities

United Kingdom

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  6. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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