William Rockhill Nelson

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William Rockhill Nelson was an American newspaper publisher and civic leader in Kansas City whose philanthropy and art patronage led to the creation of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf civic leader
human
newspaper publisher
philanthropist
advocatedFor good government reforms
municipal reform in Kansas City
public ownership of utilities
burialPlace Mount Washington Cemetery, Independence, Missouri
causeOfDeath cirrhosis of the liver
child Laura Nelson Kirkwood
coFounderOf The Kansas City Star
contributedTo endowment that led to the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
countryOfBirth United States of America
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
countryOfDeath United States of America
dateOfBirth 1841-03-07
dateOfDeath 1915-04-13
educatedAt University of Notre Dame NERFINISHED
employer The Kansas City Star
familyName Nelson
fieldOfWork civic reform
journalism
newspaper publishing
founded The Kansas City Star
fullName William Rockhill Nelson
genre newspaper editorials
givenName William
influenced President Harry S. Truman
surface form: "Harry S. Truman"

Theodore Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
knownFor civic leadership in Kansas City
founding The Kansas City Star
influencing Midwestern and national politics through journalism
philanthropy in the arts
legacy creation of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
namesakeOf Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
notableWork The Kansas City Star
occupation civic leader
editor
journalist
newspaper publisher
patronOf art
philanthropyFocus civic improvement
visual arts
placeOfBirth Fort Wayne, Indiana NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Kansas City, Missouri NERFINISHED
politicalAlignment progressivism
religion Methodism
residence Kansas City, Missouri NERFINISHED
spouse Ida Houston Nelson

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The Kansas City Star foundedBy William Rockhill Nelson
William Rockhill Nelson fullName William Rockhill Nelson
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art namedAfter William Rockhill Nelson