William Wilson Corcoran

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banker human philanthropist

William Wilson Corcoran was a prominent 19th-century American banker and philanthropist best known for founding the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.

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William Wilson Corcoran canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf banker ⓘ
human ⓘ
philanthropist ⓘ
associatedWith Georgetown, Washington, D.C. NERFINISHED ⓘ
Riggs Bank NERFINISHED ⓘ
birthDate 1798-12-27 ⓘ
birthPlace Georgetown, District of Columbia NERFINISHED ⓘ
burialPlace Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C. NERFINISHED ⓘ
coFounded Corcoran & Riggs NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
deathDate 1888-02-24 ⓘ
deathPlace Washington, D.C. NERFINISHED ⓘ
donatedTo Confederate cemeteries NERFINISHED ⓘ
charitable institutions in Washington, D.C. ⓘ
educational institutions in the United States ⓘ
era 19th century ⓘ
familyName Corcoran NERFINISHED ⓘ
father Thomas Corcoran NERFINISHED ⓘ
fieldOfWork finance ⓘ
philanthropy ⓘ
founded Corcoran Gallery of Art NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre art patronage ⓘ
givenName William ⓘ
hasCollectionIn Corcoran Gallery of Art NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasHeritage Irish-American descent ⓘ
knownFor art collecting ⓘ
founding the Corcoran Gallery of Art ⓘ
memberOf Washington, D.C. business community ⓘ
mother Hannah Lemmon Corcoran NERFINISHED ⓘ
movement American philanthropy in the 19th century ⓘ
name William Wilson Corcoran NERFINISHED ⓘ
nativeLanguage English ⓘ
notableDonation endowment of the Corcoran Gallery of Art ⓘ
funding for public institutions in Washington, D.C. ⓘ
notableFor support of the arts in the United States ⓘ
notableWork Corcoran Gallery of Art collection NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupation banker ⓘ
philanthropist ⓘ
philanthropicFocus art ⓘ
education ⓘ
social welfare ⓘ
positionHeld partner at Corcoran & Riggs ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
residence Washington, D.C. ⓘ

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Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C., United States → foundedBy → William Wilson Corcoran ⓘ
subject surface form: Oak Hill Cemetery (Washington, D.C.)
Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C., United States → burialPlaceOf → William Wilson Corcoran ⓘ
subject surface form: Oak Hill Cemetery (Washington, D.C.)