Amadeo P. Giannini
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Amadeo P. Giannini was an American banker and entrepreneur best known for founding the Bank of Italy, which later became Bank of America, and for pioneering modern consumer and branch banking.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| A. P. Giannini | 2 |
| Amadeo P. Giannini canonical | 1 |
| Amadeo Peter Giannini | 1 |
| Amadeo Pietro Giannini | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2231551 — 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: Amadeo P. Giannini Context triple: [Transamerica Corporation, foundedBy, Amadeo P. Giannini]
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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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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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Collis P. Huntington
Collis P. Huntington was a prominent 19th-century American railroad magnate and industrialist who played a key role in the development of the U.S. transportation infrastructure and major shipbuilding enterprises.
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Edward Mead Johnson
Edward Mead Johnson was an American businessman and co-founder of the healthcare company Johnson & Johnson, later known for establishing a major infant nutrition business.
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James Fisk Jr.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Amadeo P. Giannini Target entity description: Amadeo P. Giannini was an American banker and entrepreneur best known for founding the Bank of Italy, which later became Bank of America, and for pioneering modern consumer and branch banking.
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A.
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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B.
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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C.
Collis P. Huntington
Collis P. Huntington was a prominent 19th-century American railroad magnate and industrialist who played a key role in the development of the U.S. transportation infrastructure and major shipbuilding enterprises.
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D.
Edward Mead Johnson
Edward Mead Johnson was an American businessman and co-founder of the healthcare company Johnson & Johnson, later known for establishing a major infant nutrition business.
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E.
James Fisk Jr.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
banker
ⓘ
businessperson ⓘ entrepreneur ⓘ human ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1870-05-06 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1949-06-03 ⓘ |
| employer |
Bank of America
ⓘ
Bank of Italy (bank) ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Italian American ⓘ |
| familyName | Giannini ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
branch banking
ⓘ
commercial banking ⓘ consumer finance ⓘ |
| founded |
Bank of America
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Bank of Italy (bank) ⓘ |
| fullName |
Amadeo P. Giannini
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Amadeo Peter Giannini
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| givenName |
Amedeo
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surface form:
Amadeo
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| hasLegacy | Giannini Foundation of Agricultural Economics ⓘ |
| hasPart | philanthropic activities through the Giannini Foundation ⓘ |
| heritage | Italian immigrant parents ⓘ |
| honoredIn | Giannini Hall at the University of California, Berkeley ⓘ |
| industry |
banking
ⓘ
finance ⓘ |
| influenced | development of modern retail banking in the United States ⓘ |
| knownFor |
founding Bank of America
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founding the Bank of Italy ⓘ pioneering branch banking ⓘ pioneering modern consumer banking ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
ⓘ
Italian ⓘ |
| middleName | Peter ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Italian ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
providing banking services to immigrants and working-class customers
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supporting post-1906 San Francisco earthquake reconstruction financing ⓘ |
| notableWork |
development of branch banking system in California
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expansion of small business and agricultural lending ⓘ |
| occupation |
banker
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business executive ⓘ entrepreneur ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | San Jose, California, United States ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | San Mateo, California, United States ⓘ |
| positionHeld | chairman of Bank of America ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| residence |
San Francisco, California, United States of America
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surface form:
San Francisco, California, United States
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| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Clorinda Cuneo ⓘ |
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Subject: Amadeo P. Giannini Description of subject: Amadeo P. Giannini was an American banker and entrepreneur best known for founding the Bank of Italy, which later became Bank of America, and for pioneering modern consumer and branch banking.
Referenced by (5)
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