Edward Henry Harriman

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Edward Henry Harriman was a prominent American railroad executive and financier of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, known for reorganizing and expanding major railroads such as the Union Pacific.

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Edward Henry Harriman canonical 6
E. H. Harriman 4
Edward Roland Noel Harriman 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf businessperson
financier
human
railroad executive
birthDate 1848-02-20
burialPlace St. John’s Episcopal Church Cemetery, Arden, New York
causeOfDeath cardiovascular disease
child Carol Harriman
Edward Henry Harriman self-linksurface differs
surface form: Edward Roland Noel Harriman

Edward Henry Harriman self-linksurface differs
surface form: Henry Neilson Harriman

Mary Harriman Rumsey
Averell Harriman
surface form: W. Averell Harriman
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
deathDate 1909-09-09
educatedAt public schools in New York City
employer Southern Pacific Railroad
Union Pacific Railroad
era Gilded Age
Progressive Era
familyName Harriman
father Orlando Harriman, Sr.
fullName Edward Henry Harriman self-link
givenName Edward
industry rail transport
knownFor expanding the Union Pacific Railroad system
large-scale railroad consolidation
modernizing railroad operations
reorganizing bankrupt railroads
memberOf Republican Party
surface form: Republican Party (United States)
middleName Henry
mother Cornelia Neilson
notableEvent Harriman Alaska Expedition of 1899
notableWork development of the Oregon Short Line Railroad
expansion of the Southern Pacific Railroad system
reorganization of the Union Pacific Railroad
occupation businessperson
financier
investor
railroad executive
owned Arden estate in Orange County, New York
placeOfBirth Hempstead, New York
Long Island, New York
placeOfDeath Arden, New York
positionHeld chairman of the Southern Pacific Company
chairman of the executive committee of the Union Pacific Railroad
president of the Union Pacific Railroad
religion Episcopalianism
residence Arden, New York
New York City
sexOrGender male
sponsored Harriman Alaska Expedition of 1899
spouse Mary Williamson Averell

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Harriman State Park (part) namedAfter Edward Henry Harriman
subject surface form: Harriman State Park (New York)
Village of Harriman, New York namedAfter Edward Henry Harriman
Averell Harriman parent Edward Henry Harriman
this entity surface form: E. H. Harriman
Northern Securities Company foundedBy Edward Henry Harriman
this entity surface form: E. H. Harriman
Northern Securities Company keyPerson Edward Henry Harriman
this entity surface form: E. H. Harriman
Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. founder Edward Henry Harriman
this entity surface form: E. H. Harriman
Mary Harriman Rumsey father Edward Henry Harriman
Edward Henry Harriman fullName Edward Henry Harriman self-link
Edward Henry Harriman child Edward Henry Harriman self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Henry Neilson Harriman
Edward Henry Harriman child Edward Henry Harriman self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Edward Roland Noel Harriman
Harriman family hasNotableMember Edward Henry Harriman
Harriman, New York namedAfter Edward Henry Harriman