Bible Encyclopedias
Wild, Jonathan

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

An English villain, who for housebreaking was executed in 1725, and the hero of Fielding's novel of the name; he had been a detective; was hanged amid execration on the part of the mob at his execution.

Bibliography Information
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Wild, Jonathan'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​w/wild-jonathan.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.