Cornelius Vanderbilt II

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American businessperson human railroad executive socialite

Cornelius Vanderbilt II was a prominent American businessman and socialite of the Gilded Age who served as chairman of the New York Central Railroad and was a leading figure in the wealthy Vanderbilt dynasty.

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Label	Occurrences
Cornelius Vanderbilt II canonical	24
Cornelius Vanderbilt	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American ⓘ businessperson ⓘ human ⓘ railroad executive ⓘ socialite ⓘ
architectOfNewportMansion	Richard Morris Hunt ⓘ
associatedWith	Grand Central Terminal ⓘ surface form: Grand Central Depot
birthDate	1843-11-27 ⓘ
birthPlace	New York City ⓘ
boardMemberOf	New York Central Railroad ⓘ
burialPlace	Moravian Cemetery, Staten Island, New York ⓘ surface form: Moravian Cemetery, Staten Island
businessRegion	Northeastern United States ⓘ
causeOfDeath	cerebral hemorrhage ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
deathDate	1899-09-12 ⓘ
deathPlace	New York City ⓘ
education	attended private schools in New York City ⓘ
era	Gilded Age ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Dutch-American ⓘ
familyName	Vanderbilt ⓘ
father	William Henry Vanderbilt ⓘ
fullName	Cornelius Vanderbilt II self-link ⓘ
givenName	Cornelius ⓘ
grandfather	Cornelius Vanderbilt ⓘ
knownFor	leadership of the New York Central Railroad ⓘ membership in the wealthy Vanderbilt dynasty ⓘ prominent Gilded Age social position ⓘ
memberOf	Vanderbilt family ⓘ
notableBuildingOwned	Cornelius Vanderbilt II House, New York City ⓘ surface form: Cornelius Vanderbilt II House The Breakers ⓘ
notableEvent	suffered a stroke in 1886 ⓘ
notableFamilyRole	leading figure in the Vanderbilt dynasty ⓘ
notableWork	expansion of the New York Central Railroad system ⓘ
numberOfChildren	7 ⓘ
occupation	businessman ⓘ railroad executive ⓘ
philanthropy	donations to religious and charitable causes ⓘ
positionHeld	chairman of the New York Central Railroad ⓘ
railroadIndustry	New York Central Railroad ⓘ surface form: New York Central system
religion	Episcopalian ⓘ
residence	New York City ⓘ Newport, Rhode Island ⓘ
socialClass	American upper class ⓘ
spouse	Alice Claypoole Vanderbilt ⓘ surface form: Alice Claypoole Gwynne Vanderbilt
styleOfNewportMansion	Beaux-Arts ⓘ
successorInFamilyLeadership	William Kissam Vanderbilt ⓘ
wealthSource	railroads and inherited fortune ⓘ
wealthStatus	one of the richest Americans of his time ⓘ

Referenced by (25)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Vanderbilt family → notableMember → Cornelius Vanderbilt II ⓘ

The Breakers → client → Cornelius Vanderbilt II ⓘ

The Breakers → associatedWith → Cornelius Vanderbilt II ⓘ

Cornelius Vanderbilt II House, New York City → builtFor → Cornelius Vanderbilt II ⓘ

subject surface form: Cornelius Vanderbilt II House

Cornelius Vanderbilt II House, New York City → client → Cornelius Vanderbilt II ⓘ

subject surface form: Cornelius Vanderbilt II House

Cornelius Vanderbilt II House, New York City → owner → Cornelius Vanderbilt II ⓘ

subject surface form: Cornelius Vanderbilt II House

George Washington Vanderbilt II → sibling → Cornelius Vanderbilt II ⓘ

Frederick William Vanderbilt → sibling → Cornelius Vanderbilt II ⓘ

William Henry Vanderbilt → child → Cornelius Vanderbilt II ⓘ

Cornelius Vanderbilt II → fullName → Cornelius Vanderbilt II self-link ⓘ

Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt → father → Cornelius Vanderbilt II ⓘ

Cornelius Vanderbilt family → hasMember → Cornelius Vanderbilt II ⓘ

William Kissam Vanderbilt → sibling → Cornelius Vanderbilt II ⓘ

Florence Adele Vanderbilt Twombly (via Florham estate) → sibling → Cornelius Vanderbilt II ⓘ

subject surface form: Florence Adele Vanderbilt Twombly

Alice Claypoole Vanderbilt → spouse → Cornelius Vanderbilt II ⓘ

Wyatt Emory Cooper → notableRelative → Cornelius Vanderbilt II ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cornelius Vanderbilt

Vanderbilt → notableMember → Cornelius Vanderbilt II ⓘ

subject surface form: Vanderbilt family

Vanderbilt → builtFor → Cornelius Vanderbilt II ⓘ

subject surface form: The Breakers (Newport)

Margaret Louisa Vanderbilt Shepard → sibling → Cornelius Vanderbilt II ⓘ

Reginald Claypoole Vanderbilt → father → Cornelius Vanderbilt II ⓘ

Duchess Consuelo of Marlborough → relative → Cornelius Vanderbilt II ⓘ

William Henry Vanderbilt III → grandfather → Cornelius Vanderbilt II ⓘ

Vanderbilt costume ball of 1883 → notableAttendee → Cornelius Vanderbilt II ⓘ

Phoebe Ann Desha → notableRelative → Cornelius Vanderbilt II ⓘ

Alice Claypoole Gwynne → spouse → Cornelius Vanderbilt II ⓘ