James Lick

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human real estate investor

James Lick was a 19th-century American real estate investor and philanthropist best known for funding the construction of the Lick Observatory in California.

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instanceOf human ⓘ
real estate investor ⓘ
birthDate 1796-08-25 ⓘ
burialPlace Lick Observatory NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mount Hamilton, California NERFINISHED ⓘ
causeOfDeath stroke ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
deathDate 1876-10-01 ⓘ
donatedTo Lick Observatory NERFINISHED ⓘ
educational and scientific institutions in California ⓘ
employer self-employed ⓘ
era 19th century ⓘ
familyName Lick NERFINISHED ⓘ
fieldOfWork philanthropy ⓘ
real estate ⓘ
givenName James ⓘ
hasPart Lick estate charitable bequests ⓘ
heritageOrEthnicity American ⓘ
knownFor funding the construction of Lick Observatory ⓘ
major real estate investments in California ⓘ
languageSpokenWrittenOrSigned English ⓘ
livedIn Chile NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pennsylvania NERFINISHED ⓘ
Peru NERFINISHED ⓘ
San Francisco NERFINISHED ⓘ
San Jose NERFINISHED ⓘ
South America NERFINISHED ⓘ
movement 19th-century American philanthropy ⓘ
name James Lick NERFINISHED ⓘ
nativeLanguage English NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableWork funding of Lick Observatory ⓘ
occupation philanthropist ⓘ
piano maker ⓘ
real estate investor ⓘ
placeOfBirth Fredericksburg, Pennsylvania NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lebanon County, Pennsylvania NERFINISHED ⓘ
Stumpstown, Pennsylvania NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfDeath California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California

San Francisco, California NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion Protestant Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Protestantism
residence California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California

San Francisco, California NERFINISHED ⓘ
San Jose, California NERFINISHED ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
significantEvent becoming one of the wealthiest men in California ⓘ
endowing funds for Lick Observatory ⓘ

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Lick Observatory (affiliated) → namedAfter → James Lick ⓘ
subject surface form: Lick Observatory
Lick Observatory (affiliated) → fundedBy → James Lick ⓘ
subject surface form: Lick Observatory
Lick Observatory → namedAfter → James Lick ⓘ
Lick Observatory → foundedBy → James Lick ⓘ
Lick Observatory → hasBurialSite → James Lick ⓘ
Lick Observatory → burialLocationOf → James Lick ⓘ