William Henry Vanderbilt

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19th-century American person American billionaire businessman railroad magnate

William Henry Vanderbilt was a 19th-century American businessman and railroad magnate who became one of the wealthiest men in the United States as the principal heir and successor to Cornelius Vanderbilt.

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Label	Occurrences
William Henry Vanderbilt canonical	22

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	19th-century American person ⓘ American billionaire ⓘ businessman ⓘ railroad magnate ⓘ
birthDate	1821-05-08 ⓘ
birthPlace	New Brunswick, New Jersey ⓘ surface form: New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States
burialPlace	Moravian Cemetery, Staten Island, New York ⓘ surface form: Moravian Cemetery, Staten Island, New York, United States
child	Cornelius Vanderbilt II ⓘ Eliza Osgood Vanderbilt Webb ⓘ Emily Thorn Vanderbilt ⓘ Florence Adele Vanderbilt Twombly ⓘ Frederick William Vanderbilt ⓘ George Washington Vanderbilt II ⓘ Margaret Louisa Vanderbilt Shepard ⓘ William Kissam Vanderbilt ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
deathDate	1885-12-08 ⓘ
deathPlace	New York City ⓘ surface form: New York City, New York, United States
familyName	Vanderbilt ⓘ
father	Cornelius Vanderbilt ⓘ
fullName	William Henry Vanderbilt self-link ⓘ
genreOfActivity	banking and finance ⓘ railroad industry ⓘ
givenName	William ⓘ
inheritedFrom	Cornelius Vanderbilt ⓘ
knownFor	being one of the wealthiest men in the United States in the 19th century ⓘ rapidly increasing the Vanderbilt family fortune ⓘ the phrase "The public be damned" ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
managed	Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway ⓘ New York Central Railroad ⓘ surface form: New York Central and Hudson River Railroad
memberOf	Vanderbilt family ⓘ
mother	Emily Thorn Vanderbilt ⓘ surface form: Sophia Johnson Vanderbilt
netWorthAtDeath	approximately 200 million US dollars ⓘ
notableWork	expansion of the New York Central Railroad system ⓘ
occupation	businessman ⓘ financier ⓘ railroad executive ⓘ
philanthropy	donations to Vanderbilt University ⓘ support for medical and educational institutions in New York ⓘ support for the Metropolitan Museum of Art ⓘ
positionHeld	head of the Vanderbilt family railroad interests ⓘ president of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway ⓘ president of the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad ⓘ
religion	Methodism ⓘ
residence	New York City ⓘ surface form: New York City, New York, United States
spouse	Maria Louisa Vanderbilt ⓘ surface form: Maria Louisa Kissam Vanderbilt
wealthStatus	richest man in the world at the time of his death ⓘ

Referenced by (22)

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Vanderbilt family → notableMember → William Henry Vanderbilt ⓘ

Cornelius Vanderbilt → child → William Henry Vanderbilt ⓘ

George Washington Vanderbilt II → father → William Henry Vanderbilt ⓘ

Frederick William Vanderbilt → father → William Henry Vanderbilt ⓘ

William Henry Vanderbilt → fullName → William Henry Vanderbilt self-link ⓘ

Cornelius Vanderbilt II → father → William Henry Vanderbilt ⓘ

Cornelius Vanderbilt family → hasMember → William Henry Vanderbilt ⓘ

William Kissam Vanderbilt → father → William Henry Vanderbilt ⓘ

William Kissam Vanderbilt → inheritedFrom → William Henry Vanderbilt ⓘ

Maria Louisa Vanderbilt → relative → William Henry Vanderbilt ⓘ

Moravian Cemetery, Staten Island, New York → hasNotableBurial → William Henry Vanderbilt ⓘ

subject surface form: Moravian Cemetery

Florence Adele Vanderbilt Twombly (via Florham estate) → father → William Henry Vanderbilt ⓘ

subject surface form: Florence Adele Vanderbilt Twombly

Louise Holmes Anthony → relativeByMarriage → William Henry Vanderbilt ⓘ

Vanderbilt → notableMember → William Henry Vanderbilt ⓘ

subject surface form: Vanderbilt family

Margaret Louisa Vanderbilt Shepard → father → William Henry Vanderbilt ⓘ

Cornelia Stuyvesant Vanderbilt → grandfather → William Henry Vanderbilt ⓘ

Reginald Claypoole Vanderbilt → grandfather → William Henry Vanderbilt ⓘ

the phrase "The public be damned" → attributedTo → William Henry Vanderbilt ⓘ

subject surface form: "The public be damned"

the phrase "The public be damned" → saidBy → William Henry Vanderbilt ⓘ

subject surface form: "The public be damned"

William Henry Vanderbilt III → relative → William Henry Vanderbilt ⓘ

Maria Louisa Kissam → spouse → William Henry Vanderbilt ⓘ

Vanderbilt costume ball of 1883 → notableAttendee → William Henry Vanderbilt ⓘ