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Captain Ahab
Sign in to saveAlso known as Ahab, Achab, Captain Achab
fictional character from the novel Moby-Dick
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Ahab
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Occupation
- ship captain
- Religion
- Quakers
- Award
- Moby Dick Coin
- Creator
- Herman Melville
- Image
- Moby Dick final chase.jpg
- Number of children
- 1
- Residence
- Nantucket
- Significant event
- animal bite
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- present in work
- Moby Dick
- medical condition
- amputation
- cause of death
- drowning
- ethnic group
- English Americans
- inspired by
- Owen Chase
- nickname
- Old Thunder
- wears
- pegleg
- manner of death
- accidental death
- Commons category
- Captain Ahab
- character type
- Byronic hero
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