Peter Arrell Browne Widener

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Peter Arrell Browne Widener was a prominent American businessman and art collector who amassed a fortune in streetcar and meatpacking enterprises and became one of the wealthiest men of the Gilded Age.

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Peter A. B. Widener 4
Peter Arrell Browne Widener canonical 3

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf art collector
businessperson
human
philanthropist
architectOfResidence Horace Trumbauer
birthDate 1834-11-13
causeOfDeath pneumonia
child George Dunton Widener
Joseph E. Widener
surface form: Joseph Early Widener
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
deathDate 1915-11-06
era Gilded Age
ethnicGroup German American
familyName Widener
father John Widener
fieldOfWork investment
meatpacking industry
public transit
fullName Peter Arrell Browne Widener self-link
givenName Peter
knownFor being one of the wealthiest Americans of the Gilded Age
major American art collection later forming part of the National Gallery of Art
memberOf Republican Party
surface form: Republican Party (United States)
mother Eleanor Elkins Widener
surface form: Sarah Fulmer Widener
notableResidence Lynnewood Hall, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania
surface form: Lynnewood Hall
notableWork Widener art collection
development of Philadelphia Traction Company
development of streetcar enterprises in Philadelphia
early investor in International Mercantile Marine Company
early investor in Standard Oil
founding role in American Tobacco Company
founding role in United States Steel
investments in meatpacking industry
occupation art collector
businessman
philanthropist
placeOfBirth Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
United States of America
placeOfDeath Elkins Park
Pennsylvania
United States of America
positionHeld city treasurer of Philadelphia
religion Methodism
residence Elkins Park
Philadelphia
sexOrGender male
spouse Hannah Josephine Dunton

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Harry Elkins Widener grandfather Peter Arrell Browne Widener
Eleanor Elkins Widener relative Peter Arrell Browne Widener
this entity surface form: Peter A. B. Widener
George Dunton Widener father Peter Arrell Browne Widener
Widener family hasNotableMember Peter Arrell Browne Widener
this entity surface form: Peter A. B. Widener
Peter Arrell Browne Widener fullName Peter Arrell Browne Widener self-link
Lynnewood Hall, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania client Peter Arrell Browne Widener
subject surface form: Lynnewood Hall
this entity surface form: Peter A. B. Widener
Lynnewood Hall, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania originalOwner Peter Arrell Browne Widener
subject surface form: Lynnewood Hall
this entity surface form: Peter A. B. Widener