Blind Pew
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Blind Pew can refer to:
- Blind Pew, the character from the novel Treasure IslandTreasure IslandTreasure Island is an adventure novel by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, narrating a tale of "pirates and buried gold". First published as a book on May 23, 1883, it was originally serialized in the children's magazine Young Folks between 1881–82 under the title Treasure Island; or, the...
(1882), reputedly modelled on an actual person, John Pew, who is buried in the kirkyard of South Leith Parish ChurchSouth Leith Parish ChurchSouth Leith Parish Church or Kirk is a congregation of the Church of Scotland. It is the principal church and congregation in Leith, in Edinburgh, Scotland. Its kirkyard is the burial place for John Home, author of Douglas, and John Pew, the man from whom the author Robert Louis Stevenson reputedly...
. The character is never named "Blind Pew" in the book, but simply "Pew" (although he is twice referred to as "the blind man, Pew"). The character has, however, frequently been given the name "Blind Pew" in cinematic adaptations of the novel.
- Blind Pew (band), the Scottish band formed in 2003.