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.

Aliases (3)

Stephen Van Rensselaer II ×1
Stephen Van Rensselaer III ×1
Van Rensselaer ×1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	human → landowner → patroon → philanthropist → politician →
almaMater	College of New Jersey → Harvard College →
birthDate	1764-11-01 →
birthPlace	New York City →
coFounded	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute → Rensselaer School →
countryOfCitizenship	United Kingdom of Great Britain → United States of America →
deathDate	1839-01-26 →
deathPlace	Albany, New York →
educatedAt	College of New Jersey → Harvard College →
ethnicGroup	Dutch Americans →
familyName	Van Rensselaer →
father	Stephen Van Rensselaer II →
founded	Rensselaer School →
givenName	Stephen →
memberOf	American Philosophical Society →
memberOfPoliticalParty	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 → 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, New York → Rensselaerswyck →
sexOrGender	male →
spouse	Cornelia Paterson → Margaret Schuyler →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Battle of Queenston Heights →	commander
Stephen Van Rensselaer ("Van Rensselaer") →	familyName
Stephen Van Rensselaer ("Stephen Van Rensselaer II") →	father
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute ("Stephen Van Rensselaer III") →	foundedBy
Rensselaer County →	namedAfter