Original: Edward Teach or Edward ThatchSee this article from a biographer: [ ] (c. 1680 – November 22, 1718), better known as Blackbeard, was a notorious English pirate in the Caribbean Sea and western Atlantic during the early 18th century, a period referred to as the Golden Age of Piracy.
Simplified: Edward Teach (c. 1680 – 22 November 1718) was a pirate, often called "Blackbeard the Pirate".