Marjorie Merriweather Post

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Marjorie Merriweather Post was a prominent American businesswoman, socialite, and philanthropist who inherited and greatly expanded the Post cereal fortune and became known for her lavish estates and art patronage.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf businessperson
heiress
human
philanthropist
socialite
architecturalClientOf Mar-a-Lago
birthDate 1887-03-15
burialPlace Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens
surface form: Hillwood Estate, Washington, D.C.
child Dina Merrill NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
deathDate 1973-09-12
donated Hillwood Estate to the public as a museum
employer Postum Cereal Company
surface form: General Foods Corporation

Postum Cereal Company
familyName Post
founded Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens
surface form: Hillwood Museum
fullName Marjorie Merriweather Post self-link
genreOfPhilanthropy arts patronage
educational causes
medical causes
givenName Marjorie
hasCollectionAt Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens
Smithsonian Institution
surface form: Smithsonian Institution (through donations)
knownFor collection of French decorative arts
collection of Russian imperial art
memberOf Republican Party
surface form: Republican Party (United States)
notableFor art collecting
expanding the Post cereal fortune
lavish estates
philanthropy
occupation art collector
business executive
philanthropist
owned Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens
Mar-a-Lago
parent C. W. Post
placeOfBirth Springfield, Illinois
surface form: Springfield, Illinois, United States
placeOfDeath Washington, D.C.
surface form: Washington, D.C., United States
positionHeld director of General Foods Corporation
director of Postum Cereal Company
religion Episcopalian
residence Adirondack Great Camps
surface form: Camp Topridge, Upper St. Regis Lake, New York

Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens
surface form: Hillwood Estate, Washington, D.C.

Mar-a-Lago
surface form: Mar-a-Lago, Palm Beach, Florida
spouse E. F. Hutton
Edward Bennett Close
Herbert A. May NERFINISHED
Joseph E. Davies
wealthOrigin Post cereal fortune

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Topridge builtFor Marjorie Merriweather Post
Marjorie Merriweather Post fullName Marjorie Merriweather Post self-link
Topridge notableResident Marjorie Merriweather Post
Mar-a-Lago originalOwner Marjorie Merriweather Post
Topridge owner Marjorie Merriweather Post