Abbott Lawrence

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human industrialist merchant politician

Abbott Lawrence was a prominent 19th-century American industrialist, merchant, and politician who played a key role in the early textile industry and the development of Lawrence, Massachusetts.

Aliases (2)

Abbott Lawrence Jr. ×1
Amos Adams Lawrence ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	human → industrialist → merchant → politician →
activeIn	19th century →
advocatedFor	industrial development in the United States →
associatedWithPlace	Lawrence, Massachusetts NERFINISHED → Lowell, Massachusetts NERFINISHED →
burialPlace	Mount Auburn Cemetery →
businessActivity	international trade → textile manufacturing →
coFounded	Lawrence, Massachusetts NERFINISHED →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
donatedTo	Harvard University →
electedIn	United States House of Representatives →
employer	A. & A. Lawrence Company →
ethnicGroup	Yankee →
familyName	Lawrence →
fieldOfWork	commerce → politics → textile industry →
givenName	Abbott →
hasChild	Abbott Lawrence Jr. → Amos Adams Lawrence →
hasNamesake	Lawrence Scientific School → Lawrence, Massachusetts NERFINISHED →
influenced	growth of New England textile mills →
knownFor	philanthropy →
languageSpoken	English →
marriedTo	Katherine Bigelow →
memberOfPoliticalParty	Whig Party →
notableFor	development of Lawrence, Massachusetts → early American textile industry → support of education and science →
notableRole	leader of New England Whigs →
occupation	industrialist → merchant → politician →
partnerInBusinessWith	Amos Lawrence →
placeOfBirth	Groton, Massachusetts →
placeOfDeath	Boston, Massachusetts →
positionHeld	Member of the United States House of Representatives → United States Minister to the United Kingdom →
religion	Congregationalism →
represented	Massachusetts →
residence	Boston, Massachusetts →
sexOrGender	male →
socialClass	Boston Brahmin →
supported	protective tariffs →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Abbott Lawrence ("Amos Adams Lawrence") → Abbott Lawrence ("Abbott Lawrence Jr.") →	hasChild
Lawrence →	namedFor