Who founded the Pinkerton Detective Agency?
Allan Pinkerton
Edward Rucker
James West
John Dillinger
Answer
Allan Pinkerton, a Scottish-born American cooper, founded the Pinkerton Detective Agency in the 1850s. He initially established the agency with Chicago attorney Edward Rucker as the North-Western Police Agency, which later became Pinkerton & Co, and finally the Pinkerton National Detective Agency.
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