William Kidd
Sign in to saveScottish sailor who was tried and executed for piracy after returning from a voyage to the Indian Ocean
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1645-01-01
- Died
- 1701-05-23
- Works
- 5
Top works
- A series of excursions by road and rail for twenty miles around Dundee
- Travels and Researches of Eminent English Missionaries
- The book of British song-birds ; and Aviary companion
- Le Silence de La Mer, Vercors
- Trial of Captain Kidd
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 89
- Total plays
- 2,761
William Kidd is a composer (and conductor) for tv-shows (most notably: "Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman"), but has also worked on several movie scores already and is responsible for a significant amount of the score heared at Universal's Islands of Adventure theme park in Orland, FL. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/William+Kidd">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- VMD: Visual molecular dynamics
· 1996 · cited 61,303x
- Theory of the firm: Managerial behavior, agency costs and ownership structure
· 1976 · cited 43,750x
- Comparison of simple potential functions for simulating liquid water
· 1983 · cited 38,900x
- QIIME allows analysis of high-throughput community sequencing data
· 2010 · cited 30,698x
- Preparation of Graphitic Oxide
· 1958 · cited 28,503x
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Key dates
- Born
- 1 January 1645
- Died
- 23 May 1701
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- William
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Place of birth
- Dundee
- Place of death
- Wapping
- Occupation
- ship captain
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Conflict
- Nine Years' War
- Military rank
- captain
Connections
Categories
1650s births1701 deaths17th-century American criminals17th-century pirates17th-century Scottish people18th-century American criminals18th-century Scottish peopleEnglish military personnel of the Nine Years' WarExecuted Scottish peopleHistory of New York CityMaritime folkloreMilitary personnel from New York City