Stephen F. Austin

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Stephen F. Austin was an early American empresario known as the "Father of Texas" for leading the successful colonization of the region by Anglo-American settlers.

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Father of Texas 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf colonizer
empresario
human
politician
burialPlace Brazoria County, Texas NERFINISHED
Gulf Prairie Cemetery
causeOfDeath pneumonia
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1793-11-03
dateOfDeath 1836-12-27
educatedAt Bacon College
Transylvania University
familyName Austin NERFINISHED
father Moses Austin
givenName Stephen
hasHeritage American
honorificNameOf Stephen F. Austin High School (Houston)
Stephen F. Austin State Park
Stephen F. Austin State University
knownFor founding the colony of the Old Three Hundred in Texas
leading the first major Anglo-American colonization of Texas
negotiating land grants with the Mexican government
languagesSpokenWrittenOrSigned English
Spanish
memberOf Anglo-American settlers in Mexican Texas
middleName Fuller
mother Mary Brown Austin
nativeLanguage English
nickname Stephen F. Austin self-linksurface differs
surface form: Father of Texas
notableWork Anglo-American colonization of Texas
occupation empresario
land agent
politician
participantIn Texas Revolution
Texas Revolution
surface form: Texas independence movement
placeOfBirth United States of America
Virginia
Wythe County, Virginia NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Republic of Texas
Texas
West Columbia, Texas
positionHeld Commander-in-chief of the Army of Texas (provisional)
Commissioner to the United States for the Republic of Texas
Secretary of State of the Republic of Texas
religion Protestantism
residence Missouri Territory
San Felipe de Austin
Texas
sexOrGender male

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Texas Revolution commander Stephen F. Austin
Transylvania University hasNotableAlumnus Stephen F. Austin
Austin namedAfter Stephen F. Austin
Stephen F. Austin nickname Stephen F. Austin self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Father of Texas
Texian Army notableCommander Stephen F. Austin