Collis P. Huntington
E184673
Collis P. Huntington was a prominent 19th-century American railroad magnate and industrialist who played a key role in the development of the U.S. transportation infrastructure and major shipbuilding enterprises.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Collis P. Huntington canonical | 13 |
| Collis Potter Huntington | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1589962 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Collis P. Huntington Context triple: [Newport News Shipbuilding, foundedBy, Collis P. Huntington]
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A.
Charles T. Yerkes
Charles T. Yerkes was a wealthy American financier and streetcar magnate of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, best known for funding major astronomical and urban transit projects.
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B.
Samuel Insull
Samuel Insull was a British-born American business magnate and utilities executive who built a vast Midwestern electric power empire and helped shape the modern electrical infrastructure and public utility regulation in the United States.
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C.
Charles Crocker
Charles Crocker was a 19th-century American railroad executive and industrialist best known as one of the "Big Four" who built the Central Pacific Railroad and helped create the first U.S. transcontinental railroad.
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D.
James J. Hill
James J. Hill was a prominent American railroad magnate best known for building and expanding the Great Northern Railway during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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E.
Thomas Durant
Thomas Durant is a central character in the television series "Hell on Wheels," depicted as a ruthless and ambitious railroad tycoon driving the construction of the transcontinental railroad.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Collis P. Huntington Target entity description: Collis P. Huntington was a prominent 19th-century American railroad magnate and industrialist who played a key role in the development of the U.S. transportation infrastructure and major shipbuilding enterprises.
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A.
Charles T. Yerkes
Charles T. Yerkes was a wealthy American financier and streetcar magnate of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, best known for funding major astronomical and urban transit projects.
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B.
Samuel Insull
Samuel Insull was a British-born American business magnate and utilities executive who built a vast Midwestern electric power empire and helped shape the modern electrical infrastructure and public utility regulation in the United States.
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C.
Charles Crocker
Charles Crocker was a 19th-century American railroad executive and industrialist best known as one of the "Big Four" who built the Central Pacific Railroad and helped create the first U.S. transcontinental railroad.
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D.
James J. Hill
James J. Hill was a prominent American railroad magnate best known for building and expanding the Great Northern Railway during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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E.
Thomas Durant
Thomas Durant is a central character in the television series "Hell on Wheels," depicted as a ruthless and ambitious railroad tycoon driving the construction of the transcontinental railroad.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (57)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
businessperson
ⓘ
human ⓘ industrialist ⓘ railroad magnate ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1821-10-22 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Connecticut
ⓘ
Harwinton, Connecticut ⓘ Litchfield County, Connecticut ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
New York City
ⓘ
Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York City ⓘ
surface form:
Woodlawn Cemetery, The Bronx
|
| businessPartner |
Charles Crocker
ⓘ
Leland Stanford ⓘ Mark Hopkins ⓘ
surface form:
Mark Hopkins Jr.
|
| causeOfDeath | heart failure ⓘ |
| child | Henry E. Huntington ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1900-08-13 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Hamilton County, New York
NERFINISHED
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New York ⓘ
surface form:
New York (state)
Raquette Lake ⓘ
surface form:
Raquette Lake, New York
|
| employer |
Central Pacific Railroad
ⓘ
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway ⓘ Newport News Shipbuilding ⓘ
surface form:
Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company
Southern Pacific Railroad ⓘ |
| familyName | Huntington ⓘ |
| founded |
Newport News, Virginia
ⓘ
surface form:
City of Newport News, Virginia
Newport News Shipbuilding ⓘ
surface form:
Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company
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| fullName |
Collis P. Huntington
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Collis Potter Huntington
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| givenName | Collis ⓘ |
| knownFor |
development of U.S. transportation infrastructure
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financing and building major American railroads ⓘ major role in American shipbuilding industry ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Big Four of the Central Pacific
ⓘ
surface form:
The Big Four (Central Pacific Railroad)
|
| middleName | Potter ⓘ |
| namesake |
C&O passenger train "The Collis P. Huntington"
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Huntington, West Virginia ⓘ |
| notableAward | namesake of the city of Huntington, West Virginia ⓘ |
| notableWork |
development of the Central Pacific Railroad
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development of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway ⓘ development of the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company ⓘ development of the Southern Pacific Railroad ⓘ |
| occupation |
businessperson
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industrialist ⓘ railroad executive ⓘ |
| participantIn | construction of the First Transcontinental Railroad ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | Republican Party ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
president of Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
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president of Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company ⓘ president of Southern Pacific Railroad ⓘ vice president of Central Pacific Railroad ⓘ |
| religion | Baptist ⓘ |
| residence |
New York City
ⓘ
Sacramento ⓘ
surface form:
Sacramento, California
San Francisco, California, United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
San Francisco, California
|
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse |
Arabella D. Worsham
ⓘ
Elizabeth Stoddard Huntington ⓘ |
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Referenced by (14)
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