William Poole

American boxer and a founder of the street gang the Bowery Boys (1821–1855)

Person human Q4346116

Facts

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Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[10]
Date of birth: July 24, 1821
Date of death: March 8, 1855
Place of birth: Sussex County
Place of death: New York City
Country of citizenship: United States^[9]
Occupation: criminal, boxer, politician
Citizenship: United States
Cause of death: pneumonia^[11]
Country for sport: United States^[16]
Family name: Poole^[13]
Given name: William^[14]
Manner of death: homicide^[15]
Place of burial: Green-Wood Cemetery^[8]
Sport: boxing^[12]

🏷️ Also known as

en Bill Poole en Bill the Butcher en William Poole ar ويليام بول it Bill the Butcher ja ウィリアム・プール (ギャング) ko 도살자 빌 ko 윌리엄 풀 ko 빌 풀 ru Пул, Уильям ru Уильям Пул zh 威廉·普尔 zh 威廉·普爾

🔖 Identifiers · 11

VIAF cluster ID: 31926092
Library of Congress authority ID: nr2001035728
American National Biography ID: 2001912
FAST ID: 469118
Find a Grave memorial ID: 6938059
Freebase ID: /m/045q65
Notable Names Database ID: 847/000127466
SNAC ARK ID: w6fr9pbm
WikiTree person ID: Poole-3741
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJt3XWVPYVBCVJhFFpcXVC
Yale LUX ID: person/46af786e-3f73-4c6c-a8ef-c0da2be8b52f

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Occupation 3

politician, criminal, boxer

Cause of death 1

pneumonia

Country for sport 1

United States

Country of citizenship 1

United States

Given name 1

William

Instance of 1

human

Manner of death 1

homicide

Place of birth 1

Sussex County

Place of burial 1

Green-Wood Cemetery

Place of death 1

New York City

Sex or gender 1

male

Sport 1

boxing

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Summary

William Poole's place of birth was Sussex County^[1]. He was born on July 24, 1821^[2]. He passed away in New York City^[3]. He died on March 8, 1855^[4]. He worked as a criminal^[5], boxer^[6], and politician^[7].

FAQs

Where was William Poole born?

William Poole's place of birth was Sussex County^[1].

Where did William Poole die?

William Poole died in New York City^[3].

What did William Poole do for work?

William Poole worked as criminal^[5], boxer^[6], and politician^[7].

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Direct Wikidata claims

[1] ↑ William Poole — place of birth (P19): Sussex County. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ William Poole — place of death (P20): New York City. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ William Poole — sex or gender (P21): male. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ William Poole — country of citizenship (P27): United States. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ William Poole — occupation (P106): criminal. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ William Poole — occupation (P106): boxer. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ William Poole — occupation (P106): politician. Retrieved 2019-06-14. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ William Poole — place of burial (P119): Green-Wood Cemetery. Find a Grave. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ William Poole — cause of death (P509): pneumonia. wikidata.org.
[2] ↑ William Poole — date of birth (P569): July 24, 1821. SNAC. Retrieved 2017-10-09. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ William Poole — date of death (P570): March 8, 1855. SNAC. Retrieved 2017-10-09. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ William Poole — sport (P641): boxing. Retrieved 2019-05-29. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ William Poole — family name (P734): Poole. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ William Poole — given name (P735): William. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ William Poole — manner of death (P1196): homicide. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ William Poole — country for sport (P1532): United States. wikidata.org.

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