Adam Worth, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Union United States Army soldier
Date of Birth: 01-Jan-1844
Place of Birth: Kingdom of Prussia
Date of Death: 08-Jan-1902
Profession: art thief
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn 
About Adam Worth
- Adam Worth (1844 – 8 January 1902) was a German-born American criminal.
- Scotland Yard Detective Robert Anderson nicknamed him "the Napoleon of the criminal world" (because of his short stature).
- He is widely considered the inspiration for Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's fictional criminal mastermind James Moriarty in the Sherlock Holmes series, whom Conan Doyle calls "The Napoleon of Crime".
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