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.

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Label Occurrences
George Pullman canonical 20
George Mortimer Pullman 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf businessperson ⓘ
human ⓘ
industrialist ⓘ
birthName George Pullman self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 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, Chicago ⓘ
surface form: Pullman
fieldOfWork industrial management ⓘ
railroad car design ⓘ
founded Pullman Palace Car Company ⓘ
Pullman, Chicago ⓘ
surface form: 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 self-link ⓘ
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, United States ⓘ
surface form: Chicago, Illinois
positionHeld president of Pullman Palace Car Company ⓘ
residence Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
surface form: Chicago, Illinois

Referenced by (21)

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

Pullman Strike → keyPerson → George Pullman ⓘ
Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois, United States → hasNotableBurial → George Pullman ⓘ
subject surface form: Graceland Cemetery
Pullman, Chicago → namedAfter → George Pullman ⓘ
Pullman, Chicago → developedBy → George Pullman ⓘ
Pullman Palace Car Company → foundedBy → George Pullman ⓘ
George Pullman → name → George Pullman self-link ⓘ
George Pullman → birthName → George Pullman self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: George Mortimer Pullman
Graceland Cemetery → burialPlaceOf → George Pullman ⓘ
Hotel Florence → associatedWith → George Pullman ⓘ
Pullman Clock Tower → namedAfter → George Pullman ⓘ
Pullman family monument → commemorates → George Pullman ⓘ
Pullman family monument → burialPlaceOf → George Pullman ⓘ
Pullman family monument → namedAfter → George Pullman ⓘ
Pullman neighborhood → namedAfter → George Pullman ⓘ
company town of Pullman, Illinois → foundedBy → George Pullman ⓘ
company town of Pullman, Illinois → namedAfter → George Pullman ⓘ
Pullman Historic District → namedAfter → George Pullman ⓘ
Pullman sleeping car → developedBy → George Pullman ⓘ
Pullman, Washington → namedAfter → George Pullman ⓘ
Brocton, New York → hasNotablePerson → George Pullman ⓘ
Prairie Avenue Historic District → notableResident → George Pullman ⓘ