John Jacob Astor

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businessperson entrepreneur fur trader human philanthropist real estate magnate

John Jacob Astor was a German-American fur trader and real estate magnate who became the first multi-millionaire in the United States and one of the wealthiest men of the early 19th century.

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Label	Occurrences
John Jacob Astor canonical	16
American fur magnate John Jacob Astor	1
Johann Jakob Astor	1
John Jacob Astor (great-grandfather)	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	businessperson ⓘ entrepreneur ⓘ fur trader ⓘ human ⓘ philanthropist ⓘ real estate magnate ⓘ
birthDate	1763-07-17 ⓘ
birthName	John Jacob Astor self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Johann Jakob Astor
birthPlace	Walldorf, Baden-Württemberg, Germany ⓘ surface form: Waldorf, Baden (present-day Germany) Waldorf, Electoral Palatinate ⓘ
businessRegion	Great Lakes region ⓘ New York City ⓘ Pacific Northwest ⓘ
causeOfDeath	old age ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Germany ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
deathDate	1848-03-29 ⓘ
deathPlace	New York City, New York, United States of America ⓘ surface form: New York City, New York, United States
era	early 19th century ⓘ
ethnicGroup	German-American ⓘ
familyName	Astor ⓘ
founded	American Fur Company ⓘ Pacific Fur Company ⓘ South West Company ⓘ
givenName	John ⓘ
immigratedTo	United States of America ⓘ
industry	fur trade ⓘ real estate ⓘ
knownFor	accumulating one of the largest fortunes of his time ⓘ philanthropic bequests in his will ⓘ
languagesSpokenWrittenOrSigned	English ⓘ German ⓘ
legacy	Astor Library later became part of the New York Public Library ⓘ
memberOf	Astor family ⓘ
movedTo	London, England ⓘ New York City, New York, United States of America ⓘ surface form: New York City, New York, United States
notableFor	being one of the wealthiest men of the early 19th century ⓘ being the first multi-millionaire in the United States ⓘ fur trade empire ⓘ real estate investments in New York City ⓘ
notableProject	endowment that helped found the Astor Library in New York ⓘ
notableWork	development of Manhattan real estate holdings ⓘ
occupation	financier ⓘ fur trader ⓘ merchant ⓘ real estate investor ⓘ
placeOfBurial	Trinity Church Cemetery, Manhattan, New York, United States ⓘ surface form: Trinity Church Cemetery, Manhattan, New York City
religion	Lutheranism ⓘ
residence	Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
spouse	Sarah Cox Todd ⓘ
wealthStatus	first multi-millionaire in the United States ⓘ

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Astor family → foundedBy → John Jacob Astor ⓘ

Astor family → hasNotableMember → John Jacob Astor ⓘ

Astoria, Queens → namedAfter → John Jacob Astor ⓘ

American Fur Company → founder → John Jacob Astor ⓘ

American Fur Company → significantPerson → John Jacob Astor ⓘ

American Fur Company → ownedBy → John Jacob Astor ⓘ

David Astor → relative → John Jacob Astor ⓘ

this entity surface form: John Jacob Astor (great-grandfather)

Astoria → foundedBy → John Jacob Astor ⓘ

subject surface form: Astoria, Oregon

Astoria → namedAfter → John Jacob Astor ⓘ

subject surface form: Astoria, Oregon

John Jacob Astor → birthName → John Jacob Astor self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Johann Jakob Astor

William Backhouse Astor Sr. → father → John Jacob Astor ⓘ

William Backhouse Astor Jr. → notableFamilyMember → John Jacob Astor ⓘ

Astoria, Oregon → namedAfter → John Jacob Astor ⓘ

Astoria, Oregon → namedFor → John Jacob Astor ⓘ

this entity surface form: American fur magnate John Jacob Astor

Astoria, Oregon → foundedBy → John Jacob Astor ⓘ

Fitz-Greene Halleck → employer → John Jacob Astor ⓘ

Astor → foundedBy → John Jacob Astor ⓘ

subject surface form: Astor family

Astor → hasNotableMember → John Jacob Astor ⓘ

subject surface form: Astor family

Astor Place → namedAfter → John Jacob Astor ⓘ