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The first famous detective in fiction was Edgar Allan Poe's C. Auguste Dupin. [1] Later, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 's Sherlock Holmes became the most famous example and remains so to this day. The detectives are often accompanied by a Dr. Watson –like assistant or narrator.
The first private detective agency was founded in Paris in 1833 by Eugène François Vidocq, who had headed a police agency in addition to being a criminal himself. Police detective activities were pioneered in England by the Bow Street Runners and later by the Metropolitan Police Service in Greater London. [ 9 ]
A Dictionary of First Names is an onomastic work of reference on given names, published by Oxford University Press, edited by Patrick Hanks, Kate Hardcastle, and Flavia Hodges in 1990 and 2006. The second edition of 2006 (as paperback 2007) discusses a total of "over 6,000 names".
UK, derogatory name referencing the modern police uniforms and armed squads of Italian Fascists under Benito Mussolini. Blues and Twos UK, from the flashing blue lights and the two-tone siren on a police car. Blueband UK, from the blue cap-band worn by PCSOs. [citation needed] Bluebottle Antique name for the police referring to the old-style ...
The first week of the trial was off to a rocky start, plagued by a motion for mistrial, frequent objections, numerous sidebars, and chaos after jurors’ faces were accidentally captured on camera.
Mean Streets (Video Game) (2004) Mr. Nadgett: Charles Dickens: Martin Chuzzlewit. He was the first fictional private investigator [18] Nameless Detective: Bill Pronzini: The Snatch [19] (1971) Harry Orwell: Howard Rodman: Harry O (TV) (1974) Hercule Poirot: Agatha Christie: The Mysterious Affair at Styles (1920) Ellery Queen: Frederic Dannay ...
Private detectives can perform surveillance work on behalf of individuals Sherlock Holmes, the world's most famous fictional private investigator. A private investigator (often abbreviated to PI and informally called a private eye), a private detective, an inquiry agent or informally a private dick is a person who can be hired by individuals or groups to undertake investigatory law services.
Detective Kate Beckett – Castle, Andrew W. Marlowe (played by Stana Katic) Detective Cal Beecher – Person of Interest (played by Sterling K. Brown) Detective Mick Belker – Hill Street Blues (played by Bruce Weitz) Detective Olivia Benson (later, Sergeant, then Lieutenant, then Captain) - played by Mariska Hargitay on Law & Order: SVU