Peter Philip James Kean

1788–1828 (age 40)

Industrialist, Entrepreneur

Biography

Peter Philip James Kean was an industrialist and entrepreneur whose business ventures contributed to the economic development of early America. His entrepreneurial spirit and industrial initiatives reflected the growing commercial and manufacturing interests of the early republic.

Kean's career as an industrialist placed him among the emerging class of American businessmen whose enterprises helped establish the foundations of American industrial and economic growth during the early 19th century.