Alfred Escher
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Alfred Escher was a prominent 19th-century Swiss politician and entrepreneur who played a key role in developing Switzerland’s railway and financial infrastructure.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Alfred Escher canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Swiss politician
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businessman ⓘ entrepreneur ⓘ human ⓘ railway pioneer ⓘ |
| academicDegree | doctorate in law ⓘ |
| citizenship | Switzerland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy | Alfred Escher Foundation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Switzerland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | Switzerland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1819-02-20 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1882-12-06 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Humboldt University of Berlin
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surface form:
University of Berlin
University of Bonn NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Zürich NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | 19th century ⓘ |
| familyName | Escher vom Glas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
banking
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infrastructure development ⓘ railway development ⓘ |
| fullName | Johann Heinrich Alfred Escher vom Glas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Alfred ⓘ |
| hasMonument | Alfred Escher monument at Zürich Hauptbahnhof NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | German ⓘ |
| memberOf | Liberal Party of Switzerland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Swiss German ⓘ |
| notableFor |
development of the Swiss railway network
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founding of major Swiss financial institutions ⓘ political leadership in 19th-century Switzerland ⓘ |
| occupation |
business executive
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entrepreneur ⓘ politician ⓘ railway executive ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Zürich NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Enge
NERFINISHED
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Zürich NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalIdeology | liberalism ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
chairman of the Gotthard Railway Company
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co-founder of Schweizerische Lebensversicherungs- und Rentenanstalt ⓘ co-founder of Schweizerische Rückversicherungs-Gesellschaft ⓘ director of the Schweizerische Nordostbahn ⓘ first president of Schweizerische Kreditanstalt ⓘ founder of Schweizerische Kreditanstalt ⓘ member of the Cantonal Council of Zürich ⓘ member of the Swiss National Council ⓘ member of the government of the Canton of Zürich ⓘ president of the Cantonal Council of Zürich ⓘ president of the Swiss National Council ⓘ president of the board of Schweizerische Nordostbahn ⓘ |
| residence | Zürich NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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