John

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John is the given name of John Boyle O'Reilly, a 19th-century Irish-born poet, journalist, and civil rights activist who became influential in the United States.

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John canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human ⓘ
birthName John Boyle O'Reilly ⓘ
burialPlace Holyhood Cemetery, Brookline, Massachusetts ⓘ
causeOfDeath accidental chloroform overdose ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Ireland ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1844-06-28 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1890-08-10 ⓘ
describedAs 19th-century Irish-born poet, journalist, and civil rights activist who became influential in the United States ⓘ
employer The Pilot (Boston newspaper) ⓘ
ethnicGroup Irish ⓘ
linked to: Gaelic Irish
familyName O'Reilly ⓘ
genre journalism ⓘ
poetry ⓘ
givenName John ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
memberOf Fenian Brotherhood ⓘ
movement Irish nationalism ⓘ
abolitionism ⓘ
civil rights movement in the United States ⓘ
notableEvent escape from penal servitude in Western Australia ⓘ
transportation as a convict to Western Australia ⓘ
notableFor advocacy for Irish independence ⓘ
advocacy for civil rights in the United States ⓘ
leadership in the Irish-American community ⓘ
support for African American rights ⓘ
support for Native American rights ⓘ
notableWork In Bohemia ⓘ
Moondyne ⓘ
Songs from the Southern Seas ⓘ
Songs, Legends and Ballads ⓘ
The Statues in the Block ⓘ
occupation civil rights activist ⓘ
editor ⓘ
journalist ⓘ
orator ⓘ
poet ⓘ
placeOfBirth Dowth, County Meath, Ireland ⓘ
linked to: Dowth
placeOfDeath Hull, Massachusetts, United States ⓘ
linked to: Hull, Massachusetts
positionHeld editor of The Pilot ⓘ
religion Catholicism ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
residence Boston, Massachusetts, United States ⓘ
spouse Mary Murphy O'Reilly ⓘ

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John Boyle O'Reilly → givenName → John ⓘ
subject linked to: John