Walter Chrysler

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automotive pioneer business executive human industrialist

Walter Chrysler was an American automotive industry pioneer and founder of the Chrysler Corporation, one of the major U.S. car manufacturers of the 20th century.

Aliases (5)

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	automotive pioneer → business executive → human → industrialist →
associatedWith	Chrysler Building →
birthDate	1875-04-02 →
birthPlace	Wamego, Kansas, United States →
burialPlace	Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, New York, United States →
causeOfDeath	cerebral hemorrhage →
child	Bernice Chrysler → Jack Chrysler → Thelma Irene Chrysler → Walter P. Chrysler Jr. →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
deathDate	1940-08-18 →
education	self-taught mechanical engineering skills →
employer	American Locomotive Company → Buick Motor Company → Chrysler Corporation → General Motors →
era	early 20th-century American industry →
familyName	Chrysler →
founded	Chrysler Corporation →
fullName	Walter Percy Chrysler →
givenName	Walter →
grewUpIn	Ellis, Kansas, United States →
honor	inductee of Automotive Hall of Fame →
industry	automotive industry → railroad industry →
knownFor	founding Chrysler Corporation → leadership in the American automotive industry →
marriageStart	1901 →
namesakeOf	Chrysler Building →
nationality	American →
notableWork	development of Chrysler automobile brand →
numberOfChildren	4 →
occupation	automobile executive → mechanic → railroad worker →
placeOfDeath	Kings Point, New York, United States →
playedRoleIn	growth of Detroit as an automotive center →
positionHeld	chairman of Chrysler Corporation → president of Chrysler Corporation →
religion	Methodism →
residence	Detroit, Michigan, United States → New York City, New York, United States →
spouse	Della Viola Forker →
workedAs	master mechanic for railroad companies →

Referenced by (19)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery → Sleepy Hollow Cemetery ("Walter Percy Chrysler Jr.") → Sleepy Hollow Cemetery →	hasNotableBurial
Ellis, Kansas → Ellis, Kansas ("Walter P. Chrysler") → Wamego, Kansas, United States →	hasNotablePerson
Bernice Chrysler → Jack Chrysler →	father
Chrysler Mausoleum ("Chrysler family") → Walter P. Chrysler Boyhood Home and Museum ("Walter P. Chrysler") →	namedAfter
Chrysler Mausoleum ("Chrysler family") →	associatedWith
Walter Chrysler ("Walter P. Chrysler Jr.") →	child
Thelma Irene Chrysler →	childOf
Walter P. Chrysler Boyhood Home and Museum ("Walter P. Chrysler") →	dedicatedTo
Chrysler Building ("Walter P. Chrysler") →	developer
Chrysler ("Walter P. Chrysler") →	foundedBy
Chrysler Corporation →	founder
Walter Chrysler ("Walter Percy Chrysler") →	fullName
Della Viola Forker →	spouse