August Belmont Jr.

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businessman financier human racehorse owner railroad executive

August Belmont Jr. was an American financier and prominent New York businessman best known for his major role in developing the city’s early subway system and for his involvement in thoroughbred horse racing.

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August Belmont Jr. canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf businessman ⓘ
financier ⓘ
human ⓘ
racehorse owner ⓘ
railroad executive ⓘ
birthDate 1853-02-18 ⓘ
boardMemberOf Belmont Park ⓘ
breederOf Man o’ War ⓘ
burialPlace Island Cemetery, Newport, Rhode Island ⓘ
conflict World War I ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
deathDate 1924-12-10 ⓘ
educatedAt Harvard University ⓘ
employer August Belmont & Co. ⓘ
familyName Belmont ⓘ
father August Belmont Sr. ⓘ
founded Interborough Rapid Transit Company ⓘ
fullName August Belmont Jr. self-link ⓘ
givenName August ⓘ
heritage German-Jewish descent ⓘ
livedIn Hempstead, New York ⓘ
Newport, Rhode Island ⓘ
memberOf Jockey Club Racecourses ⓘ
surface form: Jockey Club
militaryBranch United States Army ⓘ
militaryRank major ⓘ
mother Elizabeth Champlin Mason ⓘ
surface form: Caroline Slidell Perry
namedAfter August Belmont Sr. ⓘ
notableAchievement revival of the Belmont Stakes after its suspension in the early 1890s ⓘ
notableFor development of the early New York City Subway ⓘ
involvement in American thoroughbred horse racing ⓘ
notableHorseOwned Man o’ War ⓘ
notableWork financing and construction of New York City’s first subway line ⓘ
occupation businessman ⓘ
financier ⓘ
racehorse breeder ⓘ
railroad executive ⓘ
owned Belmont Park ⓘ
surface form: Belmont Park racetrack

Nursery Stud ⓘ
placeOfBirth New York City ⓘ
placeOfDeath New York City ⓘ
politicalParty Democratic Party ⓘ
positionHeld head of August Belmont & Co. ⓘ
president of the Interborough Rapid Transit Company ⓘ
religion Episcopalian ⓘ
residence New York City ⓘ
sport horse racing ⓘ
spouse Eleanor Robson Belmont ⓘ
Elizabeth Hamilton Morgan ⓘ

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Interborough Rapid Transit Company → foundedBy → August Belmont Jr. ⓘ
August Belmont Jr. → fullName → August Belmont Jr. self-link ⓘ
Belmont Park → namedAfter → August Belmont Jr. ⓘ
American Kennel Club → foundedBy → August Belmont Jr. ⓘ
Oliver Hazard Perry Belmont → sibling → August Belmont Jr. ⓘ