George Pullman

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businessperson human industrialist

George Pullman was an American industrialist best known for developing the Pullman sleeping car and for his controversial role in the 1894 Pullman Strike.

Aliases (1)

George Mortimer Pullman ×1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	businessperson → human → industrialist →
birthName	George Mortimer Pullman →
burialPlace	Graceland Cemetery →
businessModel	paternalistic company town system →
causeOfDeath	heart disease →
contemporaryOf	Eugene V. Debs →
countryOfBirth	United States of America →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
countryOfDeath	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1831-03-03 →
dateOfDeath	1897-10-19 →
designed	Pullman sleeping car → luxury railroad sleeping cars →
employer	Pullman Palace Car Company →
era	Gilded Age →
ethnicGroup	European American →
familyName	Pullman →
fieldOfWork	industrial management → railroad car design →
founded	Pullman Palace Car Company → company town of Pullman, Chicago →
gender	male →
givenName	George →
hasEffectOn	American labor movement → labor law in the United States →
hasHeritage	19th-century American capitalism →
industry	manufacturing → rail transport →
knownFor	Pullman Strike → Pullman sleeping car → company town of Pullman, Chicago →
languageSpoken	English →
name	George Pullman →
notableEvent	wage cuts at Pullman company leading to 1894 strike →
notableWork	development of the Pullman sleeping car →
occupation	engineer → industrialist → inventor →
opposedBy	American Railway Union →
participantIn	Pullman Strike → labor disputes in the 1890s United States →
placeOfBirth	Brocton, New York →
placeOfDeath	Chicago, Illinois →
positionHeld	president of Pullman Palace Car Company →
residence	Chicago, Illinois →

Referenced by (8)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
George Pullman ("George Mortimer Pullman") →	birthName
Graceland Cemetery →	burialPlaceOf
Pullman, Chicago →	developedBy
Pullman Palace Car Company →	foundedBy
Graceland Cemetery →	hasNotableBurial
Pullman Strike →	keyPerson
George Pullman →	name
Pullman, Chicago →	namedAfter