John William Sterling

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human lawyer philanthropist

John William Sterling was an American lawyer and major benefactor of Yale University, best known for his substantial philanthropic contributions that funded several of the university’s landmark buildings and programs.

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John William Sterling canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ
philanthropist ⓘ
almaMater Yale College NERFINISHED ⓘ
Yale Law School NERFINISHED ⓘ
benefactorOf Yale University NERFINISHED ⓘ
coFounded Shearman & Sterling NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
educatedAt Yale University ⓘ
employer Shearman & Sterling NERFINISHED ⓘ
familyName Sterling NERFINISHED ⓘ
fieldOfWork commercial law ⓘ
corporate law ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
givenName John NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasBeneficiary Yale University NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor funding Yale University landmark buildings ⓘ
funding Yale University programs ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
legacy Sterling Law Building at Yale University NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sterling Memorial Library at Yale University NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sterling professorships at Yale University ⓘ
middleName William NERFINISHED ⓘ
name John William Sterling NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor major benefactor of Yale University ⓘ
philanthropic contributions to Yale University ⓘ
occupation lawyer ⓘ
philanthropist ⓘ
philanthropicFocus academic programs ⓘ
higher education ⓘ
university buildings ⓘ

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

John W. Sterling → fullName → John William Sterling ⓘ
Grove Street Cemetery → hasBurial → John William Sterling ⓘ
Sterling family → hasNotableMember → John William Sterling ⓘ
Sterling family → sameAs → John William Sterling ⓘ
subject surface form: John W. Sterling
Sterling family → namedAfter → John William Sterling ⓘ
subject surface form: Sterling Memorial Library