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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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Cornelius Vanderbilt canonical	35
Commodore Vanderbilt	3
Cornelius Jeremiah Vanderbilt	1
Cornelius Vanderbilt abandoned his attempt to control the Erie Railroad	1

Statements (50)

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 ⓘ

Referenced by (40)

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

Gilded Age → notableIndustrialist → Cornelius Vanderbilt ⓘ

Vanderbilt family → foundedBy → Cornelius Vanderbilt ⓘ

Vanderbilt family → notableMember → Cornelius Vanderbilt ⓘ

Vanderbilt family → namedAfter → Cornelius Vanderbilt ⓘ

subject surface form: Vanderbilt University

Vanderbilt University (attended briefly) → founder → Cornelius Vanderbilt ⓘ

subject surface form: Vanderbilt University

Vanderbilt University (attended briefly) → namedAfter → Cornelius Vanderbilt ⓘ

subject surface form: Vanderbilt University

Vanderbilt University → namedAfter → Cornelius Vanderbilt ⓘ

Cornelius Vanderbilt → fullName → Cornelius Vanderbilt self-link ⓘ

Cornelius Vanderbilt → nickname → Cornelius Vanderbilt self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Commodore Vanderbilt

Cornelius Vanderbilt → child → Cornelius Vanderbilt self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cornelius Jeremiah Vanderbilt

Jay Gould → businessPartner → Cornelius Vanderbilt ⓘ

Consuelo Vanderbilt → relative → Cornelius Vanderbilt ⓘ

Frederick William Vanderbilt → relative → Cornelius Vanderbilt ⓘ

Frederick William Vanderbilt → grandfather → Cornelius Vanderbilt ⓘ

William Henry Vanderbilt → father → Cornelius Vanderbilt ⓘ

William Henry Vanderbilt → inheritedFrom → Cornelius Vanderbilt ⓘ

Cornelius Vanderbilt II → grandfather → Cornelius Vanderbilt ⓘ

Cornelius Vanderbilt family → hasProgenitor → Cornelius Vanderbilt ⓘ

Cornelius Vanderbilt family → foundedBy → Cornelius Vanderbilt ⓘ

Cornelius Vanderbilt family → hasMember → Cornelius Vanderbilt ⓘ

Maria Louisa Vanderbilt → relative → Cornelius Vanderbilt ⓘ

Erie War → hasParticipant → Cornelius Vanderbilt ⓘ

Erie War → result → Cornelius Vanderbilt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cornelius Vanderbilt abandoned his attempt to control the Erie Railroad

Moravian Cemetery, Staten Island, New York → hasNotableBurial → Cornelius Vanderbilt ⓘ

subject surface form: Moravian Cemetery

New York and Harlem Railroad → acquiredBy → Cornelius Vanderbilt ⓘ

Sophia Johnson → spouse → Cornelius Vanderbilt ⓘ

Sophia Johnson → spouseName → Cornelius Vanderbilt ⓘ

Carter Vanderbilt Cooper → relative → Cornelius Vanderbilt ⓘ

Louise Holmes Anthony → relativeByMarriage → Cornelius Vanderbilt ⓘ

Vanderbilt → notableMember → Cornelius Vanderbilt ⓘ

subject surface form: Vanderbilt family

Vanderbilt → nickname → Cornelius Vanderbilt ⓘ

subject surface form: Cornelius Vanderbilt

this entity surface form: Commodore Vanderbilt

Vanderbilt → namedAfter → Cornelius Vanderbilt ⓘ

subject surface form: Vanderbilt University

Margaret Louisa Vanderbilt Shepard → notableRelative → Cornelius Vanderbilt ⓘ

Cornelia Stuyvesant Vanderbilt → greatGrandfather → Cornelius Vanderbilt ⓘ

Reginald Claypoole Vanderbilt → greatGrandfather → Cornelius Vanderbilt ⓘ

William Henry Vanderbilt III → relative → Cornelius Vanderbilt ⓘ

Vanderbilt University School of Medicine → founder → Cornelius Vanderbilt ⓘ

Frank Armstrong Crawford → spouse → Cornelius Vanderbilt ⓘ

NYC → notableService → Cornelius Vanderbilt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Commodore Vanderbilt

Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney → relative → Cornelius Vanderbilt ⓘ