W. Graham Claytor Jr.
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W. Graham Claytor Jr. was an influential American railroad executive and later Amtrak president, known for revitalizing passenger rail service in the United States.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| W. Graham Claytor Jr. canonical | 1 |
| William Graham Claytor Jr. | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4059601 — 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: W. Graham Claytor Jr. Context triple: [Southern Railway (U.S.), keyPerson, W. Graham Claytor Jr.]
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Joel Elias Spingarn
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Leonard Henderson
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Horace Grant Underwood
Horace Grant Underwood was an American Presbyterian missionary and educator who played a key role in the introduction of modern education and Protestant Christianity to Korea in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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Holton D. Robinson
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Leroy S. Johnson
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- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: W. Graham Claytor Jr. Target entity description: W. Graham Claytor Jr. was an influential American railroad executive and later Amtrak president, known for revitalizing passenger rail service in the United States.
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A.
Joel Elias Spingarn
Joel Elias Spingarn was an American educator, literary critic, and civil rights activist who played a key leadership role in the early NAACP.
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B.
Leonard Henderson
Leonard Henderson was an influential North Carolina jurist and public figure after whom the city of Hendersonville was named.
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C.
Horace Grant Underwood
Horace Grant Underwood was an American Presbyterian missionary and educator who played a key role in the introduction of modern education and Protestant Christianity to Korea in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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D.
Holton D. Robinson
Holton D. Robinson was an American civil engineer noted for his work on major suspension bridges in the early 20th century.
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E.
Leroy S. Johnson
Leroy S. Johnson was a prominent Mormon fundamentalist leader who guided the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints through much of the mid-20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Navy officer
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businessperson ⓘ government official ⓘ human ⓘ railroad executive ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Legion of Merit
ⓘ
Navy Cross ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1912-03-14 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Roanoke, Virginia
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surface form:
Roanoke, Virginia, United States
|
| boardMemberOf |
Amtrak
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surface form:
National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak)
|
| burialPlace |
Roanoke, Virginia
ⓘ
surface form:
Roanoke, Virginia, United States
|
| causeOfDeath | cancer ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1994-05-14 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Harvard Law School
ⓘ
University of Virginia ⓘ |
| employer |
Amtrak
ⓘ
Southern Railway (U.S.) ⓘ
surface form:
Southern Railway
United States Department of Transportation ⓘ Department of the Navy ⓘ
surface form:
United States Department of the Navy
|
| familyName | Claytor ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
public administration
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rail transportation ⓘ |
| genre | transportation policy ⓘ |
| givenName | William ⓘ |
| knownFor |
advocacy for passenger rail service in the United States
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leadership of Amtrak ⓘ leadership of Southern Railway ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | United States Navy ⓘ |
| name |
W. Graham Claytor Jr.
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
William Graham Claytor Jr.
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| notableWork | revitalization of Amtrak in the 1980s ⓘ |
| occupation |
government official
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lawyer ⓘ railroad executive ⓘ |
| parent | William Graham Claytor Sr. ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
United States Deputy Secretary of Defense
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surface form:
Deputy Secretary of Defense of the United States
Deputy Secretary of Transportation of the United States ⓘ President of Amtrak ⓘ President of Southern Railway ⓘ Secretary of the Navy ⓘ
surface form:
Secretary of the Navy of the United States (acting)
|
| residence |
Virginia
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surface form:
Virginia, United States
|
| sibling | Robert B. Claytor ⓘ |
| spouse | Frances Miller Claytor ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Subject: W. Graham Claytor Jr. Description of subject: W. Graham Claytor Jr. was an influential American railroad executive and later Amtrak president, known for revitalizing passenger rail service in the United States.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.