Harry Elkins Widener

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Harvard University alumnus book collector human

Harry Elkins Widener was a wealthy young American book collector and Harvard alumnus who died in the sinking of the Titanic, in whose memory Harvard’s Widener Library was built.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Harry Elkins Widener canonical	13
book collector Harry Elkins Widener	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Harvard University alumnus ⓘ book collector ⓘ human ⓘ
alumniOf	Harvard University ⓘ surface form: Harvard College
associatedWith	Harvard Library ⓘ surface form: Harvard University Library Widener family ⓘ
birthDate	1885-01-03 ⓘ
burialPlace	St. Paul’s Episcopal Churchyard, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, United States ⓘ
causeOfDeath	sinking of the RMS Titanic ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
deathDate	1912-04-15 ⓘ
deathEvent	sinking of the RMS Titanic on 1912-04-15 ⓘ
diedOnShip	RMS Titanic ⓘ
educatedAt	Harvard University ⓘ surface form: Harvard College Harvard University ⓘ
familyName	Widener University ⓘ surface form: Widener
father	George Dunton Widener ⓘ
fieldOfActivity	bibliophilia ⓘ
fullName	Harry Elkins Widener self-link ⓘ
genreOfCollection	American literature ⓘ English literature ⓘ
givenName	Harry ⓘ
grandfather	Peter Arrell Browne Widener ⓘ
hasHonor	Harvard library named in his memory ⓘ
hasRelative	Eleanor Elkins Widener ⓘ George Dunton Widener ⓘ
knownForCollectionOf	early printed books ⓘ incunabula ⓘ rare books ⓘ Charles Dickens ⓘ surface form: works of Charles Dickens
languageOfCollection	English ⓘ
memberOfClass	Harvard College Class of 1907 ⓘ
memorializedAt	Cambridge, Massachusetts ⓘ surface form: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States Harvard University ⓘ
memorializedBy	Harry Elkins Widener Memorial Library ⓘ
mother	Eleanor Elkins Widener ⓘ
notableFor	being a prominent young American book collector ⓘ being the namesake of Widener Library at Harvard University ⓘ dying in the sinking of the RMS Titanic ⓘ
occupation	book collector ⓘ
passengerOn	RMS Titanic ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Philadelphia ⓘ surface form: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
placeOfDeath	Atlantic Ocean ⓘ surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
religion	Episcopalian ⓘ
residence	Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, United States ⓘ Philadelphia ⓘ surface form: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
shipClass	Olympic-class ocean liner ⓘ
socialClass	upper class ⓘ

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

Widener Library → namedAfter → Harry Elkins Widener ⓘ

Harry Elkins Widener → fullName → Harry Elkins Widener self-link ⓘ

Eleanor Elkins Widener → child → Harry Elkins Widener ⓘ

Eleanor Elkins Widener → commemorates → Harry Elkins Widener ⓘ

Harry → birthName → Harry Elkins Widener ⓘ

subject surface form: Harry Elkins Widener

George Dunton Widener → child → Harry Elkins Widener ⓘ

George Dunton Widener → travelCompanion → Harry Elkins Widener ⓘ

Harry Elkins Widener Memorial Library → dedicatedTo → Harry Elkins Widener ⓘ

Harry Elkins Widener Memorial Library → namedAfter → Harry Elkins Widener ⓘ

Harry Elkins Widener Memorial Library → inMemoryOf → Harry Elkins Widener ⓘ

St. Paul’s Episcopal Churchyard, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, United States → notableBurial → Harry Elkins Widener ⓘ

St. Paul’s Episcopal Churchyard, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, United States → hasNotableBurial → Harry Elkins Widener ⓘ

this entity surface form: book collector Harry Elkins Widener

St. Paul’s Episcopal Churchyard, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, United States → hasGraveOf → Harry Elkins Widener ⓘ

Widener family → hasNotableMember → Harry Elkins Widener ⓘ