Moses Austin
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Moses Austin was an American empresario and pioneer whose plans to colonize Texas were carried out by his son, Stephen F. Austin, helping lay the groundwork for Anglo-American settlement in the region.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Moses Austin canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4190356 — 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: Moses Austin Context triple: [Stephen F. Austin, father, Moses Austin]
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George C. Yount
George C. Yount was an early 19th-century American pioneer and settler in California’s Napa Valley, recognized as the first permanent Euro-American resident there and a significant figure in the region’s development.
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Stephen F. Austin
Stephen F. Austin was an early American empresario known as the "Father of Texas" for leading the successful colonization of the region by Anglo-American settlers.
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C.
Jedediah Leland
Jedediah Leland is a key supporting character in the film "Citizen Kane," serving as Charles Foster Kane’s longtime friend and moral conscience who ultimately critiques Kane’s corruption and lost ideals.
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D.
Abraham Washington Attell
Abraham Washington Attell was an American professional boxer and long-reigning world featherweight champion in the early 20th century, later infamously linked to the 1919 Black Sox scandal.
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E.
Jim Bridger
Jim Bridger was a famed 19th-century American mountain man, explorer, and fur trapper known for his extensive knowledge of the Western frontier.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Moses Austin Target entity description: Moses Austin was an American empresario and pioneer whose plans to colonize Texas were carried out by his son, Stephen F. Austin, helping lay the groundwork for Anglo-American settlement in the region.
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A.
George C. Yount
George C. Yount was an early 19th-century American pioneer and settler in California’s Napa Valley, recognized as the first permanent Euro-American resident there and a significant figure in the region’s development.
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B.
Stephen F. Austin
Stephen F. Austin was an early American empresario known as the "Father of Texas" for leading the successful colonization of the region by Anglo-American settlers.
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C.
Jedediah Leland
Jedediah Leland is a key supporting character in the film "Citizen Kane," serving as Charles Foster Kane’s longtime friend and moral conscience who ultimately critiques Kane’s corruption and lost ideals.
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D.
Abraham Washington Attell
Abraham Washington Attell was an American professional boxer and long-reigning world featherweight champion in the early 20th century, later infamously linked to the 1919 Black Sox scandal.
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E.
Jim Bridger
Jim Bridger was a famed 19th-century American mountain man, explorer, and fur trapper known for his extensive knowledge of the Western frontier.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American empresario
ⓘ
person ⓘ pioneer ⓘ |
| activity | developed lead mining operations in Missouri ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Missouri lead mining industry
ⓘ
Spanish Texas ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1761-10-04 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Connecticut Colony
ⓘ
surface form:
Colony of Connecticut
Durham, Connecticut NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Potosi, Missouri NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | illness following his return from Texas ⓘ |
| citizenship |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| deathDate | 1821-06-10 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Missouri Territory ⓘ |
| economicActivity |
land development
ⓘ
lead smelting ⓘ |
| era |
early 19th century
ⓘ
late 18th century ⓘ |
| event | traveled to San Antonio de Béxar in 1820 to request a colonization grant ⓘ |
| familyRelation | father of the "Father of Texas" Stephen F. Austin ⓘ |
| founded | Potosi, Missouri ONNED1 ⓘ |
| grantedBy | Spanish government of Texas ⓘ |
| grantedRole | empresario in Spanish Texas ⓘ |
| grantPurpose | to settle 300 American families in Texas ⓘ |
| influenced | Anglo-American settlement of Texas ⓘ |
| knownFor |
early Anglo-American colonization plans for Texas
ⓘ
securing an empresario grant from Spanish authorities to settle families in Texas ⓘ |
| laterResidence |
Missouri Territory
ONNED1
ⓘ
Spanish Louisiana ⓘ |
| legacy | considered a key forerunner of the Texas empresario system ⓘ |
| metWith |
Felipe Enrique Neri, Baron de Bastrop
ⓘ
surface form:
Baron de Bastrop
Governor Antonio María Martínez ⓘ |
| movedTo |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Potosi, Missouri ⓘ Richmond, Virginia ONNED1 ⓘ Wythe County, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Moses Austin self-link ⓘ |
| nationalityAtBirth | British colonial American ⓘ |
| occupation |
businessman
ⓘ
land speculator ⓘ lead miner ⓘ |
| parentOf | Stephen F. Austin ⓘ |
| plansCarriedOutBy | Stephen F. Austin ONNED1 ⓘ |
| religion | Protestant ⓘ |
| spouse | Mary Brown Austin ⓘ |
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Subject: Moses Austin Description of subject: Moses Austin was an American empresario and pioneer whose plans to colonize Texas were carried out by his son, Stephen F. Austin, helping lay the groundwork for Anglo-American settlement in the region.
Referenced by (2)
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