George Washington Vanderbilt II

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art collector human member of the Vanderbilt family philanthropist

George Washington Vanderbilt II was an American art collector and member of the prominent Vanderbilt family best known for building the Biltmore Estate in North Carolina.

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	art collector → human → member of the Vanderbilt family → philanthropist →
burialPlace	Vanderbilt Family Mausoleum, New Dorp, Staten Island, New York →
causeOfDeath	complications from appendectomy →
child	Cornelia Stuyvesant Vanderbilt →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1862-11-14 →
dateOfDeath	1914-03-06 →
educatedAt	Columbia University →
familyName	Vanderbilt →
father	William Henry Vanderbilt →
fieldOfWork	arts patronage → conservation → land development →
fullName	George Washington Vanderbilt II →
givenName	George →
heritage	Dutch-American →
knownFor	building the Biltmore Estate in North Carolina → collecting art and rare books →
memberOf	Vanderbilt family →
mother	Maria Louisa Kissam Vanderbilt →
notableProject	development of Biltmore Forest → scientific forestry at Biltmore Estate →
notableWork	Biltmore Estate → Biltmore House →
occupation	art collector → bibliophile →
owned	Biltmore Estate → Biltmore Village →
placeOfBirth	New Dorp, Staten Island, New York → New York City →
placeOfDeath	Washington, D.C. →
religion	Episcopalian →
residence	Asheville, North Carolina → Biltmore Estate → New York City →
sexOrGender	male →
sibling	Cornelius Vanderbilt II → Emily Thorn Vanderbilt → Florence Adele Vanderbilt Twombly → Frederick William Vanderbilt → Margaret Louisa Vanderbilt Shepard → William Kissam Vanderbilt →
socialClass	American upper class →
spouse	Edith Stuyvesant Dresser →
workedWith	Frederick Law Olmsted → Richard Morris Hunt →

Referenced by (11)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Biltmore Dairy Barn → Biltmore Estate →	associatedWith
Frederick William Vanderbilt → William Kissam Vanderbilt →	sibling
William Henry Vanderbilt →	child
Biltmore Village buildings near Biltmore Estate →	commissionedBy
Biltmore Village →	developedBy
George Washington Vanderbilt II →	fullName
Cornelius Vanderbilt family →	hasMember
Vanderbilt family →	notableMember
Biltmore Estate →	originalOwner