Henry Villard

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businessperson financier human immigrant to the United States journalist railroad executive

Henry Villard was a 19th-century German-American journalist, railroad magnate, and financier known for his leadership in the development of major U.S. railroads and his role as president of the Northern Pacific Railway.

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Henry Villard canonical 7

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Predicate Object
instanceOf businessperson ⓘ
financier ⓘ
human ⓘ
immigrant to the United States ⓘ
journalist ⓘ
railroad executive ⓘ
birthName Eugene W. Hilgard ⓘ
surface form: Ferdinand Heinrich Gustav Hilgard
boardMemberOf Edison Electric Light Company ⓘ
burialPlace Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, New York, United States ⓘ
surface form: Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Tarrytown, New York
child Oswald Garrison Villard ⓘ
citizenship United States of America ⓘ
countryOfBirth German Confederation ⓘ
Kingdom of Bavaria ⓘ
countryOfDeath United States of America ⓘ
coveredConflictAsJournalist American Civil War ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1835-04-10 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1900-11-12 ⓘ
educatedAt Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich ⓘ
surface form: University of Munich

University of Würzburg NERFINISHED ⓘ
employer Northern Pacific Railway ⓘ
Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company ⓘ
surface form: Oregon Railway and Navigation Company

Oregon and California Railroad ⓘ
ethnicOrigin German ⓘ
familyName Villard ⓘ
fatherInLaw William Lloyd Garrison ⓘ
fieldOfWork finance ⓘ
journalism ⓘ
railroad development ⓘ
founded Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company ⓘ
surface form: Oregon Improvement Company
givenName Henry ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
German ⓘ
name Henry Villard self-link ⓘ
notableFor leadership in development of major U.S. railroads ⓘ
presidency of the Northern Pacific Railway ⓘ
occupation businessman ⓘ
financier ⓘ
journalist ⓘ
railroad executive ⓘ
placeOfBirth Speyer ⓘ
placeOfDeath New York City ⓘ
positionHeld president of the Northern Pacific Railway ⓘ
president of the Oregon Railway and Navigation Company ⓘ
president of the Oregon and California Railroad ⓘ
religion Protestant Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Protestantism
residence New York City ⓘ
Oregon ⓘ
spouse Fanny Garrison Villard ⓘ

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Villard Glacier → namedAfter → Henry Villard ⓘ
Oswald Garrison Villard → father → Henry Villard ⓘ
Oswald Garrison Villard → relative → Henry Villard ⓘ
Northern Pacific Railway → notablePresident → Henry Villard ⓘ
Villard Houses → developer → Henry Villard ⓘ
Villard Houses → namedAfter → Henry Villard ⓘ
Henry Villard → name → Henry Villard self-link ⓘ