Stephen Van Rensselaer

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human landowner patroon philanthropist politician

Stephen Van Rensselaer was a prominent early American landowner, politician, and philanthropist best known as the patroon of Rensselaerswyck and co-founder of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Stephen Van Rensselaer III	8
Stephen Van Rensselaer canonical	3
Stephen Van Rensselaer II	2
Van Rensselaer	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	human ⓘ landowner ⓘ patroon ⓘ philanthropist ⓘ politician ⓘ
almaMater	College of New Jersey ⓘ Harvard University ⓘ surface form: Harvard College
birthDate	1764-11-01 ⓘ
birthPlace	New York City ⓘ
coFounded	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute ⓘ Rensselaer School ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ surface form: United Kingdom of Great Britain United States of America ⓘ
deathDate	1839-01-26 ⓘ
deathPlace	Albany ⓘ surface form: Albany, New York
educatedAt	College of New Jersey ⓘ Harvard University ⓘ surface form: Harvard College
ethnicGroup	Dutch American ⓘ surface form: Dutch Americans
familyName	Stephen Van Rensselaer self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Van Rensselaer
father	Stephen Van Rensselaer self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Stephen Van Rensselaer II
founded	Rensselaer School ⓘ
givenName	Stephen ⓘ
memberOf	American Philosophical Society ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty	Federalists ⓘ surface form: Federalist Party
mother	Catharina Livingston ⓘ
notableFor	being the last patroon of Rensselaerswyck ⓘ co-founding Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute ⓘ philanthropic support of education and science ⓘ service as Lieutenant Governor of New York ⓘ
notableWork	Co-founding of Rensselaer School ⓘ Hudson Valley manorial system ⓘ surface form: Development of Rensselaerswyck estate
occupation	businessperson ⓘ farmer ⓘ landowner ⓘ philanthropist ⓘ politician ⓘ
owned	Rensselaerswyck ⓘ
patroonOf	Rensselaerswyck ⓘ
positionHeld	Chancellor of the University of the State of New York ⓘ Lieutenant Governor of New York ⓘ Major General in the New York Militia ⓘ Member of the New York State Assembly ⓘ Member of the New York State Senate ⓘ Member of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
religion	Dutch Reformed Church ⓘ
residence	Albany ⓘ surface form: Albany, New York Rensselaerswyck ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
spouse	Cornelia Paterson ⓘ Margaret Schuyler ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rensselaer County → namedAfter → Stephen Van Rensselaer ⓘ

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute → foundedBy → Stephen Van Rensselaer ⓘ

this entity surface form: Stephen Van Rensselaer III

Battle of Queenston Heights → commander → Stephen Van Rensselaer ⓘ

Stephen Van Rensselaer → familyName → Stephen Van Rensselaer self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Van Rensselaer

Stephen Van Rensselaer → father → Stephen Van Rensselaer self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Stephen Van Rensselaer II

RPI → foundedBy → Stephen Van Rensselaer ⓘ

subject surface form: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

this entity surface form: Stephen Van Rensselaer III

Amos Eaton → collaboratedWith → Stephen Van Rensselaer ⓘ

this entity surface form: Stephen Van Rensselaer III

Catherine Van Rensselaer → relative → Stephen Van Rensselaer ⓘ

this entity surface form: Stephen Van Rensselaer III

Margarita “Peggy” Schuyler → spouse → Stephen Van Rensselaer ⓘ

subject surface form: Margarita Schuyler

this entity surface form: Stephen Van Rensselaer III

Stephentown, New York → namedAfter → Stephen Van Rensselaer ⓘ

Schuyler family → spouse → Stephen Van Rensselaer ⓘ

subject surface form: Margarita Schuyler Van Rensselaer

this entity surface form: Stephen Van Rensselaer II

Van Rensselaer family → notableMember → Stephen Van Rensselaer ⓘ

this entity surface form: Stephen Van Rensselaer III

Rensselaer School → foundedBy → Stephen Van Rensselaer ⓘ

this entity surface form: Stephen Van Rensselaer III

Rensselaer School → namedAfter → Stephen Van Rensselaer ⓘ

this entity surface form: Stephen Van Rensselaer III