Henry Lee Higginson

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businessperson human philanthropist

Henry Lee Higginson was an American businessman and philanthropist best known for founding and financially supporting the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	businessperson → human → philanthropist →
burialPlace	Mount Auburn Cemetery →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1834-11-18 →
dateOfDeath	1919-11-14 →
donatedTo	Boston Symphony Orchestra → Harvard University →
educatedAt	Harvard College → Harvard University →
employer	Lee, Higginson & Co. →
familyName	Higginson →
father	George Higginson →
founded	Boston Symphony Orchestra →
genreOfPhilanthropy	education → music →
givenName	Henry →
heritage	New England Brahmin →
languageSpoken	English →
livedIn	Boston →
memberOf	Union Army →
mother	Mary Cabot Lee →
movement	Boston cultural life in the late 19th century →
name	Henry Lee Higginson →
notableFor	founding the Boston Symphony Orchestra → philanthropy in Boston → supporting classical music in the United States →
notableWork	creation of a permanent symphony orchestra in Boston →
occupation	businessman → philanthropist → soldier →
participantIn	American Civil War →
placeOfBirth	New York → New York City → United States of America →
placeOfDeath	Boston → Massachusetts → United States of America →
positionHeld	partner at Lee, Higginson & Co. →
religion	Unitarianism →
residence	Boston → Massachusetts → United States of America →
sexOrGender	male →
spouse	Ida Olympe Agassiz →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Boston Pops Orchestra → Boston Symphony Orchestra →	foundedBy
Henry Lee Higginson ("Higginson") →	familyName
Henry Lee Higginson →	name