Raymond Orteig

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Raymond Orteig was a French-American hotelier and philanthropist best known for funding the Orteig Prize that spurred Charles Lindbergh’s historic nonstop transatlantic flight.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf hotelier
human
philanthropist
associatedWith Charles Lindbergh
transatlantic aviation
businessLocation New York City
countryOfBirth France
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
fieldOfWork aviation patronage
hospitality industry
industry hotel business
influenced competition for nonstop transatlantic flight
development of long-distance aviation
knownFor Orteig Prize
funding a transatlantic flight prize
inspiring Charles Lindbergh’s nonstop transatlantic flight
languageSpoken English
French
name Raymond Orteig
nationality French-American
notableAssociatedEvent nonstop transatlantic flight by Charles Lindbergh
notableWork Orteig Prize
occupation hotelier
philanthropist
philanthropicFocus aeronautics prizes
aviation
residence New York City
roleInEvent prize sponsor for first nonstop flight between New York and Paris
sponsored Orteig Prize

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Raymond Orteig
name
Orteig Prize
sponsor

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