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John Pinkerton (17 February 1758 – 10 March 1826 [1]) was a Scottish antiquarian, cartographer, author, numismatist, historian, and early advocate of Germanic racial supremacy theory. He was born in Edinburgh , as one of three sons to James Pinkerton and Mary (nee Heron or Bowie) Pinkerton.
Pinkerton is an American private investigation and security company established around 1850 in the United States by Scottish-born American cooper Allan Pinkerton and Chicago attorney Edward Rucker as the North-Western Police Agency, which later became Pinkerton & Co. and finally the Pinkerton National Detective Agency.
An attorney's business card, 1895 Eugène Chigot, post impressionist painter, business card 1890s A business card from Richard Nixon's first Congressional campaign, in 1946 Front and back sides of a business card in Vietnam, 2008 A Oscar Friedheim card cutting and scoring machine from 1889, capable of producing up to 100,000 visiting and business cards a day
Pinkerton's BBQ is a barbecue restaurant in Houston, Texas, United States. [1] It received Bib Gourmand status in the Michelin Guide for Texas in 2024. [2] [3] See also
Allan Pinkerton was born in the Gorbals, a working-class area of Glasgow, on August 21, 1819, [3] the second surviving son [1] of William Pinkerton, a retired policeman, and Isobel McQueen; [4] he was baptized on August 25, 1819, which many sources incorrectly give as his birthdate. [1] He left school at the age of 10 after his father's death.
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The series began as an ultimately unbroadcast pilot in August 2009. This original preliminary version saw the two experts – David Harper and Kate Bliss – each driving a classic car, and free to roam where they chose within a "work-day" time limit (9 a.m. to 5 p.m.) to buy up antiques with their £200 budget, with the goal of making the most profit when entered into auction two days later.
In 2017 Hanson, with fellow BBC antique experts Philip Serrell, Charlie Ross and James Braxton, recorded a rock version of the classic "Sleigh Ride" in aid of BBC Children in Need. It was produced by father and son team Grahame and Jack Corbyn and released digitally on independent record label Saga Entertainment. The single peaked at number 1 ...