Henry Willis

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19th-century English businessperson British person human organ builder

Henry Willis was a prominent 19th-century English organ builder renowned for crafting some of the most celebrated pipe organs in Britain.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Henry Willis canonical	3
Henry Willis II	2
Henry Willis (organ builder)	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	19th-century English businessperson ⓘ British person ⓘ human ⓘ organ builder ⓘ
burialPlace	West Norwood Cemetery, London ⓘ surface form: West Norwood Cemetery
countryOfCitizenship	England ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1821-04-27 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1901-02-11 ⓘ
employer	Henry Willis & Sons ⓘ
era	Victorian era ⓘ
familyName	Willis ⓘ
fieldOfWork	musical instrument making ⓘ pipe organ construction ⓘ
founded	Henry Willis & Sons ⓘ
genreOfWork	church organs ⓘ concert hall organs ⓘ
givenName	Henry ⓘ
hasPartInFamily	Willis & Sons ⓘ surface form: Willis organ-building dynasty
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
name	Henry Willis self-link ⓘ
nativeLanguage	English ⓘ
nickname	Father Willis ⓘ
notableAchievement	developed advanced key and stop actions for organs ⓘ introduced high wind pressures in organ building ⓘ
notableFor	building pipe organs in Britain ⓘ innovations in organ design ⓘ setting standards for British romantic organ tone ⓘ
notableWork	organ of Durham Cathedral ⓘ organ of Gloucester Cathedral ⓘ organ of Hereford Cathedral ⓘ organ of Lincoln Cathedral ⓘ organ of Liverpool’s St George’s Hall ⓘ organ of Salisbury Cathedral ⓘ organ of St Paul’s Cathedral, London ⓘ organ of Truro Cathedral ⓘ organ of Winchester Cathedral ⓘ organ of the Alexandra Palace ⓘ organ of the Great Exhibition of 1851 ⓘ organ of the Royal Albert Hall ⓘ
occupation	organ builder ⓘ
placeOfBirth	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
placeOfDeath	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
relative	Henry Willis self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Henry Willis II Henry Willis III ⓘ
residence	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
sexOrGender	male ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Henry Willis & Co. → foundedBy → Henry Willis ⓘ

Henry Willis & Sons → founder → Henry Willis ⓘ

Henry Willis & Sons → hasNotablePerson → Henry Willis ⓘ

this entity surface form: Henry Willis (organ builder)

Henry Willis & Sons → hasNotablePerson → Henry Willis ⓘ

this entity surface form: Henry Willis II

Henry Willis → name → Henry Willis self-link ⓘ

Henry Willis → relative → Henry Willis self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Henry Willis II