James Fisk Jr.
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James Fisk Jr. was a flamboyant 19th-century American financier and stockbroker notorious for his speculative schemes and involvement in the 1869 "Black Friday" gold market scandal.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| James Fisk Jr. canonical | 5 |
| James Fisk | 2 |
| Jim Fisk | 2 |
| James Fisk was a leading speculator | 1 |
| financier Jim Fisk | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1090086 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: James Fisk Jr. Context triple: [Cornelius Vanderbilt, businessRival, James Fisk Jr.]
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Jay Gould
Jay Gould was a powerful and controversial 19th-century American railroad magnate and financier known for his ruthless business tactics and major influence during the Gilded Age.
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Samuel Insull
Samuel Insull was a British-born American business magnate and utilities executive who built a vast Midwestern electric power empire and helped shape the modern electrical infrastructure and public utility regulation in the United States.
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C.
Thomas W. Lamont
Thomas W. Lamont was a prominent American banker and philanthropist associated with J.P. Morgan & Co. whose support for education and the arts led to institutions such as Harvard’s Lamont Library bearing his name.
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Henry Clay Frick
Henry Clay Frick was an American industrialist and financier best known for his leadership in the steel and coke industries and his role in the development of Carnegie Steel.
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E.
Charles T. Yerkes
Charles T. Yerkes was a wealthy American financier and streetcar magnate of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, best known for funding major astronomical and urban transit projects.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: James Fisk Jr. Target entity description: James Fisk Jr. was a flamboyant 19th-century American financier and stockbroker notorious for his speculative schemes and involvement in the 1869 "Black Friday" gold market scandal.
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A.
Jay Gould
Jay Gould was a powerful and controversial 19th-century American railroad magnate and financier known for his ruthless business tactics and major influence during the Gilded Age.
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B.
Samuel Insull
Samuel Insull was a British-born American business magnate and utilities executive who built a vast Midwestern electric power empire and helped shape the modern electrical infrastructure and public utility regulation in the United States.
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C.
Thomas W. Lamont
Thomas W. Lamont was a prominent American banker and philanthropist associated with J.P. Morgan & Co. whose support for education and the arts led to institutions such as Harvard’s Lamont Library bearing his name.
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D.
Henry Clay Frick
Henry Clay Frick was an American industrialist and financier best known for his leadership in the steel and coke industries and his role in the development of Carnegie Steel.
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E.
Charles T. Yerkes
Charles T. Yerkes was a wealthy American financier and streetcar magnate of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, best known for funding major astronomical and urban transit projects.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
businessman
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financier ⓘ person ⓘ stockbroker ⓘ |
| activity |
gold market speculation
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stock market speculation ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Erie War
ⓘ
surface form:
Erie War over control of the Erie Railway
Tammany Hall ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York, United States ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | gunshot wound ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1835-04-01 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1872-01-07 ⓘ |
| education | limited formal schooling in Vermont ⓘ |
| employer |
Erie Railroad
ⓘ
surface form:
Erie Railway Company
|
| era | 19th century ⓘ |
| familyName | Fisk ⓘ |
| father | James Fisk Sr. ⓘ |
| fullName | James Fisk Jr. self-link ⓘ |
| givenName | James ⓘ |
| industry |
finance
ⓘ
railroad industry ⓘ |
| knownFor |
involvement in the 1869 Black Friday gold market scandal
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manipulation of the gold market ⓘ partnership with Jay Gould ⓘ speculative financial schemes ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | homicide ⓘ |
| maritalStatus | married ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| nickname | Jubilee Jim ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
Black Friday gold panic of 1869
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surface form:
Black Friday financial panic of 1869
|
| occupation |
financier
ⓘ
railroad executive ⓘ speculator ⓘ stockbroker ⓘ |
| partnerInBusinessWith | Jay Gould ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Bennington, Vermont
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surface form:
Bennington, Vermont, United States
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| placeOfDeath |
New York City
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surface form:
New York City, New York, United States
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| politicalActivity | use of political influence to support financial schemes ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
director of the Erie Railway Company
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executive of the Erie Railway Company ⓘ |
| religion | Baptist ⓘ |
| reputation |
flamboyant
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notorious speculator ⓘ |
| residence |
New York City
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surface form:
New York City, New York, United States
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| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Lucy Moore ⓘ |
| workedAs |
circus employee in his youth
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peddler in his youth ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Subject: James Fisk Jr. Description of subject: James Fisk Jr. was a flamboyant 19th-century American financier and stockbroker notorious for his speculative schemes and involvement in the 1869 "Black Friday" gold market scandal.
Referenced by (11)
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