Abram Kean

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Abram Kean (July 8, 1855 – May 18, 1945) was a sealing captain and politician from Flowers Island, Newfoundland. He was famous for his success in sealing, with capturing over a million pelts, and infamous for his role in sending 78 men to their deaths in the 1914 Newfoundland Sealing Disaster. He embarked upon a career in the Newfoundland cod fishery at the age of 18 but quickly shifted his interests to the seal fishery in which he spent the vast majority of his marine career. In 1917, he was named skipper of the Royal Naval Reserve in St. John's by the British Emperor. rdf:langString
rdf:langString Abram Kean
rdf:langString Abram Kean
rdf:langString Abram Kean
xsd:date 1945-05-18
xsd:date 1855-07-08
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xsd:date 1855-07-08
xsd:date 1945-05-18
rdf:langString Sealing, politics
rdf:langString Newfoundlander
rdf:langString Sealing captain, politician
rdf:langString Caroline Yetman
rdf:langString Abram Kean (July 8, 1855 – May 18, 1945) was a sealing captain and politician from Flowers Island, Newfoundland. He was famous for his success in sealing, with capturing over a million pelts, and infamous for his role in sending 78 men to their deaths in the 1914 Newfoundland Sealing Disaster. He embarked upon a career in the Newfoundland cod fishery at the age of 18 but quickly shifted his interests to the seal fishery in which he spent the vast majority of his marine career. Kean was a very relevant part of The Commission of Enquiry report regarding the 1914 Sealing Disaster, which was submitted on February 27, 1915, to Hon. Justice Johnson in St. John's, Newfoundland. In 1917, he was named skipper of the Royal Naval Reserve in St. John's by the British Emperor. In the 1920s and 1930s, he ran in the Newfoundland general elections. Once elected he was subsequently appointed to the upper house of Newfoundland, which played a similar role as the Senate of Canada.
rdf:langString Edgar Kean, Mary Jane Kean Married
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xsd:gYear 1855
xsd:gYear 1945

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