Henry Clay Frick

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Henry Clay Frick was an American industrialist and financier best known for his leadership in the steel and coke industries and his role in the development of Carnegie Steel.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf art collector
financier
human
industrialist
philanthropist
birthDate 1849-12-19
burialPlace Homewood Cemetery
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
causeOfDeath heart attack
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
deathDate 1919-12-02
educatedAt public schools in Pennsylvania
employer Carnegie Steel Company
familyName Frick
founded H. C. Frick & Company
fullName Henry Clay Frick
givenName Henry
hasChild Child of Henry Clay Frick
hasPart Frick family fortune
industry coke industry
steel industry
knownFor art collection that became The Frick Collection
leadership in the coke industry
leadership in the steel industry
role in the development of Carnegie Steel
memberOf Republican Party (United States)
namesake Frick Park
The Frick Collection
notableWork development of the American steel industry
leadership of the coke industry
role in the development of Carnegie Steel Company
occupation art collector
financier
industrialist
philanthropist
placeOfBirth United States of America
West Overton, Pennsylvania
Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
placeOfDeath New York
New York City
United States of America
positionHeld chairman of Carnegie Steel Company
partner of Andrew Carnegie
religion Presbyterianism
residence New York City
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
sexOrGender male
significantEvent Homestead Strike of 1892
spouse Adelaide Howard Childs


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