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Captain Charles Johnson

Captain Charles Johnson is the British author of the 1724 book "A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the most notorious Pyrates", though his identity remains a mystery. No record of a captain by this name exists. Some scholars have suggested that "Charles Johnson" was actually [Daniel Defoe][1] writing under a pen name, but this is disputed.

Born active 1724
Died 1731

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Born active 1724
Died 1731

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August 25, 2025 Edited by OnFrATa merge authors
August 24, 2025 Edited by laurenbr1 removed dob and dod, replaced some of the id's and extra links. captain charles johnson is different than the playwright charles johnson
August 20, 2025 Edited by laurenbr1 fixed dob, ids, akas, links, photo. there appear to be 2 wikidata ids and wikipedia pages for this author
August 20, 2025 Edited by laurenbr1 Added new photo
April 29, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import