Henry Lawrence Kinney
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Henry Lawrence Kinney was a 19th-century American entrepreneur, politician, and adventurer best known for establishing the settlement that became Corpus Christi, Texas.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Henry Lawrence Kinney canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4003976 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Henry Lawrence Kinney Context triple: [Corpus Christi, Texas, foundedBy, Henry Lawrence Kinney]
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A.
Jack Frederick Kilpatrick
Jack Frederick Kilpatrick was an American composer and musicologist known for his work in Native American music and contributions to ethnomusicology.
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B.
Ellsworth Hoagland
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Frank Armstrong Crawford
Frank Armstrong Crawford was a 19th-century American philanthropist best known as the second wife of railroad magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt and a major benefactor of Vanderbilt University.
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D.
Richard Oakes
Richard Oakes was a Mohawk Native American activist best known for helping lead the 1969–1971 occupation of Alcatraz Island, a landmark protest in the Red Power movement.
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E.
John Dana Archbold
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- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Henry Lawrence Kinney Target entity description: Henry Lawrence Kinney was a 19th-century American entrepreneur, politician, and adventurer best known for establishing the settlement that became Corpus Christi, Texas.
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A.
Jack Frederick Kilpatrick
Jack Frederick Kilpatrick was an American composer and musicologist known for his work in Native American music and contributions to ethnomusicology.
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B.
Ellsworth Hoagland
Ellsworth Hoagland was an American film editor known for his work on numerous Hollywood productions in the mid-20th century.
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C.
Frank Armstrong Crawford
Frank Armstrong Crawford was a 19th-century American philanthropist best known as the second wife of railroad magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt and a major benefactor of Vanderbilt University.
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D.
Richard Oakes
Richard Oakes was a Mohawk Native American activist best known for helping lead the 1969–1971 occupation of Alcatraz Island, a landmark protest in the Red Power movement.
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E.
John Dana Archbold
John Dana Archbold was a member of the prominent Archbold family, known primarily as a descendant of Standard Oil executive and philanthropist John Dustin Archbold.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American adventurer
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American entrepreneur ⓘ American politician ⓘ human ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Corpus Christi, Texas, United States
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surface form:
Corpus Christi, Texas
Nueces County, Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ Republic of Texas ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1814-06-03 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Pennsylvania ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | gunshot wound ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1862-03-03 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Mexico City ⓘ |
| era | 19th century ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Anglo-American ⓘ |
| familyName | Kinney ⓘ |
| founded |
Kinney’s Trading Post
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settlement at Corpus Christi Bay ⓘ |
| givenName | Henry ⓘ |
| involvedIn |
attempted colonization project in Nicaragua
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filibustering schemes in Central America ⓘ |
| knownFor |
borderland trading and ranching enterprises
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early Anglo-American settlement of South Texas ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| legacy | considered a founder of Corpus Christi, Texas ⓘ |
| militaryConflict | Mexican–American War ⓘ |
| militaryService |
Texian Army
ⓘ
surface form:
Republic of Texas forces
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| name | Henry Lawrence Kinney self-link ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
established a trading post on Corpus Christi Bay in the 1830s
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helped develop Corpus Christi as a commercial center ⓘ |
| notableFor | founding the settlement that became Corpus Christi, Texas ⓘ |
| notableProject | development of Corpus Christi Bay settlement ⓘ |
| occupation |
land speculator
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merchant ⓘ military officer ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| politicalActivity |
served in the Texas Senate
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served in the Texas legislature ⓘ |
| regionOfActivity |
South Texas
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U.S.–Mexico borderlands region ⓘ
surface form:
U.S.–Mexico borderlands
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| residence |
Corpus Christi, Texas, United States
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surface form:
Corpus Christi, Texas
Texas ⓘ |
| roleInConflict | organized volunteers for the Mexican–American War ⓘ |
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Subject: Henry Lawrence Kinney Description of subject: Henry Lawrence Kinney was a 19th-century American entrepreneur, politician, and adventurer best known for establishing the settlement that became Corpus Christi, Texas.
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