George Stephen
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Canadian Pacific Railway president
Scottish emigrant to Canada
baron
businessperson
financier
railway executive
George Stephen was a Scottish-Canadian businessman and financier who became the first president of the Canadian Pacific Railway and played a key role in building Canada's first transcontinental rail line.
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Canadian Pacific Railway president
ⓘ
Scottish emigrant to Canada ⓘ baron ⓘ businessperson ⓘ financier ⓘ railway executive ⓘ |
| awardReceived | peerage in the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| businessPartner | Donald Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Canada
ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1829-06-05 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1921-11-29 ⓘ |
| earlyCareer | woollen draper and textile merchant in Scotland and Canada ⓘ |
| employer |
Bank of Montreal
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Canadian Pacific Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Scottish ⓘ |
| familyName | Stephen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | George Stephen, 1st Baron Mount Stephen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | George NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| honorificPrefix | The Right Honourable ⓘ |
| industry |
banking
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rail transport ⓘ textiles ⓘ |
| influenced | development of Western Canada ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being the first president of the Canadian Pacific Railway
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helping to build Canada’s first transcontinental railway ⓘ leadership in Canadian finance ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | House of Lords ⓘ |
| movedTo | Canada in the mid-19th century ⓘ |
| nationality | Scottish-Canadian ⓘ |
| nobleTitle | Baron Mount Stephen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork | development of the Canadian Pacific Railway ⓘ |
| occupation |
businessman
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financier ⓘ railway executive ⓘ |
| philanthropy |
donations to hospitals and educational institutions in Canada and the UK
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support for the Montreal General Hospital ⓘ support for the Royal Victoria Hospital in Montreal ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Dufftown, Banffshire, Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Potsdam, Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
president of the Bank of Montreal
ⓘ
president of the Canadian Pacific Railway ⓘ |
| relative | Donald Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion |
Presbyterian
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surface form:
Presbyterianism
|
| residence |
England
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Montreal, Quebec, Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Annie Charlotte Kane NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | Baron Mount Stephen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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