Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Capt. Abram Kean (July 8, 1855 – May 18, 1945), was a controversial sealing captain from Flowers Island, Newfoundland and Labrador, famous for his success in sealing 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 major subject of the report of The Commission of Enquiry into the 1914 Sealing Disasters, submitted on February 27, 1915 to Hon. Mr. 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 Canadian Senate.. }
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- Abram_Kean abstract "Capt. Abram Kean (July 8, 1855 – May 18, 1945), was a controversial sealing captain from Flowers Island, Newfoundland and Labrador, famous for his success in sealing 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 major subject of the report of The Commission of Enquiry into the 1914 Sealing Disasters, submitted on February 27, 1915 to Hon. Mr. 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 Canadian Senate.".