Frederick Weyerhaeuser
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Frederick Weyerhaeuser was a 19th-century German-American timber magnate who became one of the most influential figures in the U.S. lumber industry.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
German-American
→
businessperson → industrialist → timber magnate → |
| associatedCompany |
Mississippi River Logging Company
→
Northern Lumber Company → Pine Tree Lumber Company → |
| birthDate | 1834-11-21 → |
| birthPlace |
Germany
→
Nieder-Saulheim, Grand Duchy of Hesse → |
| burialPlace | Chippiannock Cemetery, Rock Island, Illinois → |
| businessModel | acquisition and management of vast timberlands → |
| businessPartner | James J. Hill → |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Germany
→
United States of America → |
| deathDate | 1914-04-04 → |
| era | Gilded Age → |
| ethnicOrigin | German → |
| familyName |
Weyerhaeuser Company
→
surface form:
Weyerhaeuser
|
| fieldOfWork |
lumber industry
→
timber industry → |
| founded |
Weyerhaeuser Company
→
Weyerhaeuser Company →
surface form:
Weyerhaeuser timber empire
|
| fullName | Frederick Weyerhaeuser self-link → |
| givenName | Frederick → |
| immigratedTo | United States of America → |
| immigrationYear | 1852 → |
| industry |
forestry
→
lumber → |
| knownFor |
large-scale acquisition of timberlands in the American Midwest and Pacific Northwest
→
pioneering vertically integrated lumber operations → |
| languageSpoken |
English
→
German → |
| legacy | Weyerhaeuser Company became one of the largest private owners of timberland in the world → |
| notableFor |
being a leading figure in the 19th-century U.S. lumber industry
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building one of the largest timber empires in the United States → |
| notableRelative | Weyerhaeuser family → |
| numberOfChildren | 7 → |
| occupation |
entrepreneur
→
lumberman → |
| placeOfDeath |
Pasadena
→
surface form:
Pasadena, California
|
| regionOfActivity |
Midwestern United States
→
Pacific Northwest → |
| religion | Lutheranism → |
| residence |
Rock Island, Illinois
→
Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States →
surface form:
St. Paul, Minnesota
|
| spouse | Sarah Elizabeth Bloedel → |
| wealthStatus | one of the wealthiest Americans of his time → |
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