Edwin B. Crocker

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art collector judge lawyer person

Edwin B. Crocker was a 19th-century California judge, lawyer, and art collector whose personal collection and patronage led to the creation of the Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento.

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Label Occurrences
Edwin B. Crocker canonical 5
William Henry Crocker 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf art collector ⓘ
judge ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ
person ⓘ
associatedWith Central Pacific Railroad ⓘ
Crocker Art Museum ⓘ
contributedTo creation of the Crocker Art Museum ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1818 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1875 ⓘ
educatedAt College of New Jersey ⓘ
surface form: College of New Jersey (Princeton University)

Yale Law School ⓘ
employer California, United States ⓘ
surface form: State of California
era 19th century ⓘ
familyName Crocker ⓘ
fieldOfWork art collecting ⓘ
judiciary ⓘ
law ⓘ
givenName Edwin ⓘ
hasCollection American paintings ⓘ
European paintings ⓘ
drawings ⓘ
prints ⓘ
sculpture ⓘ
hasPartIn development of cultural institutions in Sacramento ⓘ
heritageDesignation foundational figure of the Crocker Art Museum ⓘ
influenced museum culture in California ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
memberOf Judicial Branch of California ⓘ
surface form: California judiciary
notableFor Crocker Art Museum ⓘ
art collection in Sacramento ⓘ
notableWork Crocker family art collection ⓘ
occupation art collector ⓘ
judge ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ
placeOfActivity California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California

Sacramento ⓘ
surface form: Sacramento, California
placeOfBirth New York ⓘ
surface form: New York (state)
placeOfDeath Sacramento ⓘ
surface form: Sacramento, California
positionHeld justice of the California Supreme Court ⓘ
legal counsel to the Central Pacific Railroad ⓘ
relative the Crocker family ⓘ
surface form: Crocker family
residence California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California

Sacramento ⓘ
surface form: Sacramento, California
sexOrGender male ⓘ
sibling Charles Crocker ⓘ
spouse Margaret Crocker ⓘ
surface form: Margaret E. Crocker
workLocation Sacramento ⓘ
surface form: Sacramento, California

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Crocker Art Museum → foundedBy → Edwin B. Crocker ⓘ
E. B. Crocker Art Gallery → namedAfter → Edwin B. Crocker ⓘ
the Crocker family → hasNotableMember → Edwin B. Crocker ⓘ
subject surface form: Crocker family
Margaret Crocker → spouse → Edwin B. Crocker ⓘ
Charles Crocker → child → Edwin B. Crocker ⓘ
this entity surface form: William Henry Crocker
Charles Crocker → sibling → Edwin B. Crocker ⓘ