Cornelius Vanderbilt

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business magnate human industrialist philanthropist railroad executive shipping magnate

Cornelius Vanderbilt was a 19th-century American business magnate who built a vast fortune in shipping and railroads, becoming one of the wealthiest and most influential figures of the Gilded Age.

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Observed surface forms (2)

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Commodore Vanderbilt 1
Cornelius Jeremiah Vanderbilt 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf business magnate ⓘ
human ⓘ
industrialist ⓘ
philanthropist ⓘ
railroad executive ⓘ
shipping magnate ⓘ
burialPlace Moravian Cemetery, Staten Island, New York ⓘ
businessPartner Daniel Drew ⓘ
businessRival James Fisk Jr. ⓘ
Jay Gould ⓘ
child Cornelius Vanderbilt self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Cornelius Jeremiah Vanderbilt

Maria Louisa Vanderbilt ⓘ
William Henry Vanderbilt ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1794-05-27 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1877-01-04 ⓘ
donatedTo Vanderbilt University ⓘ
era Gilded Age ⓘ
ethnicGroup Dutch American ⓘ
founded New York Central Railroad ⓘ
surface form: New York Central Railroad system
fullName Cornelius Vanderbilt self-link ⓘ
givenName Cornelius the centurion ⓘ
surface form: Cornelius
industry railroad industry ⓘ
shipping industry ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
mannerOfDeath natural causes ⓘ
netWorth one of the largest personal fortunes in 19th-century America ⓘ
nickname Cornelius Vanderbilt self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Commodore Vanderbilt
notableFor being one of the richest Americans of the 19th century ⓘ
building a fortune in railroads ⓘ
building a fortune in shipping ⓘ
influencing the development of the Gilded Age economy ⓘ
notableWork development of a steamship and railroad empire ⓘ
occupation businessperson ⓘ
investor ⓘ
railroad owner ⓘ
ship owner ⓘ
owned New York Central Railroad ⓘ
surface form: Hudson River Railroad

Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway ⓘ
New York Central Railroad ⓘ
New York and Harlem Railroad ⓘ
philanthropy endowment for Vanderbilt University ⓘ
placeOfBirth Staten Island ⓘ
surface form: Staten Island, New York
placeOfDeath New York City ⓘ
surface form: New York City, New York
religion Methodism ⓘ
residence New York City ⓘ
surface form: New York City, New York

Staten Island ⓘ
surface form: Staten Island, New York
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Frank Armstrong Crawford ⓘ
Sophia Johnson ⓘ

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Jay Gould → businessPartner → Cornelius Vanderbilt ⓘ
Cornelius Vanderbilt → child → Cornelius Vanderbilt self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cornelius Jeremiah Vanderbilt
William Henry Vanderbilt → father → Cornelius Vanderbilt ⓘ
Cornelius Vanderbilt family → foundedBy → Cornelius Vanderbilt ⓘ
Vanderbilt family → foundedBy → Cornelius Vanderbilt ⓘ
subject surface form: Vanderbilt University
Cornelius Vanderbilt → fullName → Cornelius Vanderbilt self-link ⓘ
Cornelius Vanderbilt II → grandfather → Cornelius Vanderbilt ⓘ
Frederick William Vanderbilt → grandfather → Cornelius Vanderbilt ⓘ
Cornelius Vanderbilt family → hasMember → Cornelius Vanderbilt ⓘ
Cornelius Vanderbilt family → hasProgenitor → Cornelius Vanderbilt ⓘ
William Henry Vanderbilt → inheritedFrom → Cornelius Vanderbilt ⓘ
Vanderbilt family → namedAfter → Cornelius Vanderbilt ⓘ
subject surface form: Vanderbilt University
subject surface form: Vanderbilt University
Vanderbilt University → namedAfter → Cornelius Vanderbilt ⓘ
Cornelius Vanderbilt → nickname → Cornelius Vanderbilt self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Commodore Vanderbilt
Gilded Age → notableIndustrialist → Cornelius Vanderbilt ⓘ
Vanderbilt family → notableMember → Cornelius Vanderbilt ⓘ
Consuelo Vanderbilt → relative → Cornelius Vanderbilt ⓘ
Frederick William Vanderbilt → relative → Cornelius Vanderbilt ⓘ