Samuel Cunard

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British subject Canadian businessperson entrepreneur shipping magnate

Samuel Cunard was a 19th-century British-Canadian shipping magnate best known for pioneering regular transatlantic steamship service and building one of the world’s most influential passenger shipping companies.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Samuel Cunard canonical 3
Sir Samuel Cunard 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British subject ⓘ
Canadian ⓘ
businessperson ⓘ
entrepreneur ⓘ
shipping magnate ⓘ
burialPlace Kensal Green Cemetery ⓘ
businessPartner David MacIver ⓘ
George Burns ⓘ
causeOfDeath heart failure ⓘ
citizenship British Empire ⓘ
countryOfBirth Canada ⓘ
countryOfDeath United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfBaronetcy 1859 ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1787-11-21 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1865-04-28 ⓘ
ethnicOrigin German ⓘ
Irish ⓘ
familyName Cunard NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstFlagship RMS Britannia NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstRegularServiceStarted 1840 ⓘ
founded Royal Mail Steam Packet Company ⓘ
surface form: British and North American Royal Mail Steam Packet Company

Cunard Line NERFINISHED ⓘ
fullName Samuel Cunard self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Sir Samuel Cunard
givenName Samuel ⓘ
industry shipping ⓘ
transatlantic passenger transport ⓘ
knownFor founding the Cunard Line ⓘ
pioneering regular transatlantic steamship service ⓘ
legacy helped establish steamships as the dominant mode of transatlantic travel ⓘ
memberOf Cunard Line ⓘ
surface form: Cunard family
nationalityDescription British-Canadian ⓘ
nobleTitle 1st Baronet Cunard ⓘ
notableAchievement secured British government contract for transatlantic mail service in 1839 ⓘ
notableWork establishment of regular steamship mail service between Britain and North America ⓘ
numberOfChildren 9 ⓘ
occupation merchant ⓘ
shipowner ⓘ
shipping magnate ⓘ
parent Abraham Cunard ⓘ
Margaret Murphy NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfBirth Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada ⓘ
surface form: Halifax, Nova Scotia
placeOfDeath London, England ⓘ
religion Methodism ⓘ
residence Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada ⓘ
surface form: Halifax, Nova Scotia

Liverpool ⓘ
surface form: Liverpool, England

London, England ⓘ
spouse Susan Duffus ⓘ
title Baronet ⓘ
yearOfNotableContract 1839 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cunard Line → founder → Samuel Cunard ⓘ
Cunard Line → namedAfter → Samuel Cunard ⓘ
Brompton Cemetery → hasNotableBurial → Samuel Cunard ⓘ
Samuel Cunard → fullName → Samuel Cunard self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sir Samuel Cunard