Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p John Nugent, Irish journalist and U.S. government agent, c.1821–March 29, 1880), Nugent was born in County Galway but travelled with his parents to the USA at an early age. In the 1840s, he worked as a journalist with the New York Herald and in 1851 became owner-editor of the San Francisco Herald. An unpopular editorial decision caused the paper to collapse a few years later, an event from which his career never recovered although he continued in journalism and an unsuccessful run for the U.S.. }
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- John_Nugent_(journalist) comment "John Nugent, Irish journalist and U.S. government agent, c.1821–March 29, 1880), Nugent was born in County Galway but travelled with his parents to the USA at an early age. In the 1840s, he worked as a journalist with the New York Herald and in 1851 became owner-editor of the San Francisco Herald. An unpopular editorial decision caused the paper to collapse a few years later, an event from which his career never recovered although he continued in journalism and an unsuccessful run for the U.S.".