Hugh Allan

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Hugh Allan was a prominent 19th-century Scottish-Canadian shipping magnate and financier, best known for building the Allan Line steamship company into a major transatlantic enterprise.

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instanceOf financier
person
shipping magnate
associatedWith Canadian railway development
Montreal business elite
birthDate 1810-09-29
birthPlace Saltcoats, Ayrshire, Scotland NERFINISHED
burialPlace Mount Royal Cemetery, Montreal NERFINISHED
businessModel steamship line operations
businessRegion Canada NERFINISHED
North Atlantic Ocean NERFINISHED
United Kingdom NERFINISHED
child Andrew Allan NERFINISHED
Hugh Montagu Allan NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship Canada
Scotland
deathDate 1882-12-09
employer Allan Line NERFINISHED
era 19th century
ethnicGroup Scottish
familyName Allan NERFINISHED
founded Allan Line NERFINISHED
givenName Hugh
headquartersLocation Montreal, Quebec, Canada NERFINISHED
industry freight transport
shipping industry
transatlantic passenger transport
influenced Canadian maritime commerce
transatlantic migration routes
knownFor expanding a major transatlantic steamship enterprise
languageSpoken English
name Hugh Allan NERFINISHED
nationality Scottish-Canadian
notableFor development of the Allan Line steamship company
role in 19th-century transatlantic shipping
notableRole leading figure in Canadian shipping
occupation financier
railway promoter
shipowner
parent Alexander Allan Sr. NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Edinburgh, Scotland NERFINISHED
religion Presbyterian
surface form: Presbyterianism
residence Montreal, Quebec, Canada NERFINISHED
sibling Alexander Allan NERFINISHED
Andrew Allan NERFINISHED
spouse Matilda Smith NERFINISHED
usedTechnology steamship

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