William Kissam Vanderbilt

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businessperson heir human philanthropist railroad executive

William Kissam Vanderbilt was a prominent American railroad heir and businessman of the wealthy Vanderbilt family during the Gilded Age.

Aliases (2)

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	businessperson → heir → human → philanthropist → railroad executive →
birthDate	1849-12-12 →
birthPlace	New York City →
burialPlace	Moravian Cemetery, Staten Island →
causeOfDeath	heart disease →
child	Consuelo Vanderbilt → Harold Stirling Vanderbilt → William Kissam Vanderbilt II →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
deathDate	1920-07-22 →
deathPlace	Paris →
educatedAt	Columbia College (attended, did not graduate) →
employer	New York Central Railroad →
era	Gilded Age →
familyName	Vanderbilt →
father	William Henry Vanderbilt →
fullName	William Kissam Vanderbilt →
givenName	William →
heritage	Dutch-American →
hobby	horse racing →
inheritedFrom	William Henry Vanderbilt →
languageSpoken	English →
memberOf	Vanderbilt family →
mother	Maria Louisa Kissam →
notableFor	Gilded Age high society leadership → management of the Vanderbilt railroad interests → philanthropic donations to cultural and educational institutions → thoroughbred horse racing patronage →
notableWork	development of New York Central Railroad system →
owned	Haras du Quesnay (stud farm in France) → Marble House (through family) → The Breakers (Newport mansion) →
positionHeld	president of New York Central and Hudson River Railroad → railroad executive of New York Central system →
religion	Episcopalian →
residence	New York City → Newport, Rhode Island NERFINISHED →
sibling	Cornelius Vanderbilt II → George Washington Vanderbilt II →
socialClass	American upper class →
spouse	Alva Erskine Smith NERFINISHED → Anne Harriman Sands Rutherfurd →
wealthStatus	multi-millionaire →

Referenced by (14)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Alva Erskine Vanderbilt ("William Kissam Vanderbilt II") → William Henry Vanderbilt → William Kissam Vanderbilt ("William Kissam Vanderbilt II") →	child
Petit Château → William K. Vanderbilt House →	client
Frederick William Vanderbilt → George Washington Vanderbilt II →	sibling
Petit Château ("William Kissam Vanderbilt and Alva Vanderbilt") →	builtFor
Consuelo Vanderbilt →	father
William Kissam Vanderbilt →	fullName
Cornelius Vanderbilt family →	hasMember
Petit Château →	owner
Alva Erskine Vanderbilt →	spouse
Cornelius Vanderbilt II →	successorInFamilyLeadership