Joseph Wharton

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Joseph Wharton was a 19th-century American industrialist and philanthropist whose fortune in mining and manufacturing helped shape modern business education.

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instanceOf businessperson
human
industrialist
philanthropist
associatedWith University of Pennsylvania
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
educatedAt Friends Select School
employer Bethlehem Iron Company
familyName Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
surface form: Wharton
fieldOfWork education philanthropy
manufacturing industry
mining industry
founded Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
givenName Joseph
industry iron and steel industry
nickel industry
zinc industry
influenced modern business education curriculum
knownFor leadership in American heavy industry
using industrial fortune to support education
languageOfWorkOrName English
legacy Wharton School named in his honor
memberOf Republican Party
surface form: Republican Party (United States)
name Joseph Wharton self-link
notableAchievement helped professionalize business training at the university level
notableFor development of American business education
endowing the Wharton School
notableWork endowment establishing the first collegiate school of business in the United States
occupation businessperson
industrialist
philanthropist
owned Bethlehem Iron Company
Pennsylvania and New Jersey zinc and nickel operations
philanthropicFocus business education
higher education
placeOfBirth Philadelphia
surface form: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
placeOfDeath Philadelphia
surface form: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
positionHeld president of Bethlehem Iron Company
religion Religious Society of Friends
surface form: Quakerism
residence Philadelphia
surface form: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
sexOrGender male
socialClass American upper class industrial elite
timePeriod 19th century

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