Brooke Astor

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author human philanthropist socialite

Brooke Astor was an American philanthropist and socialite renowned for her extensive charitable work and leadership in New York City's cultural and social institutions.

Observed surface forms (1)

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Brooke Astor Papers (archival collection)	0	1

Statements (55)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	author → human → philanthropist → socialite →
birthDate	1902-03-30 →
birthPlace	Portsmouth → surface form: Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States
boardMemberOf	Animal Medical Center of New York → Boys & Girls Clubs of America → surface form: Boys’ Club of New York Carnegie Hall → Henry Street Settlement → Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts → Metropolitan Museum of Art → Metropolitan Opera → Museum of Modern Art → New York Botanical Garden → New York City Ballet → New York City Center → New York City Mission Society → New York City Partnership (civic organizations) → New York Landmarks Conservancy → New York Public Library → New York Shakespeare Festival → New York Zoological Society → Morgan Library & Museum (original building) → surface form: Pierpont Morgan Library United Negro College Fund → surface form: United Negro College Fund (New York chapter) Visiting Nurse Service of New York → YMCA of Greater New York → YWCA of the City of New York →
child	Anthony Dryden Marshall →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
deathDate	2007-08-13 →
deathPlace	New York City → surface form: New York City, New York, United States
employer	Vincent Astor Foundation →
familyName	Astor family → surface form: Astor
fullName	Roberta Brooke Russell →
genre	memoir → non-fiction →
givenName	Roberta →
honor	Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur → surface form: Chevalier of the Legion of Honour National Medal of Arts → Presidential Medal of Freedom →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
nickname	Brooke →
notableFor	New York City social life → leadership in cultural institutions → philanthropy in New York City →
notableWork	Footprints: An Autobiography → Patchwork Child: Early Memories → The Bluebird Is at Home →
positionHeld	president of the Vincent Astor Foundation →
religion	Episcopalian →
residence	New York City → surface form: New York City, New York, United States
spouse	Charles Henry Marshall → John Dryden Kuser → Vincent Astor →

Referenced by (15)

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Footprints: An Autobiography → author → Brooke Astor →

Patchwork Child: Early Memories → author → Brooke Astor →

The Bluebird Is at Home → author → Brooke Astor →

Vincent Astor Foundation → foundedBy → Brooke Astor →

Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, New York, United States → hasNotableBurial → Brooke Astor →

subject surface form: Sleepy Hollow Cemetery

Sleepy Hollow Cemetery → hasNotableBurial → Brooke Astor →

Astor family → hasNotableMember → Brooke Astor →

Brooke → hasPart → Brooke Astor →

subject surface form: Brooke Astor

this entity surface form: Brooke Astor Papers (archival collection)

Footprints: An Autobiography → mainSubject → Brooke Astor →

Patchwork Child: Early Memories → mainSubject → Brooke Astor →

The Bluebird Is at Home → mainSubject → Brooke Astor →

Vincent Astor Foundation → notableTrustee → Brooke Astor →

John Dryden Kuser → spouse → Brooke Astor →

Footprints: An Autobiography → workOf → Brooke Astor →

The Bluebird Is at Home → workOf → Brooke Astor →