Cyrus K. Holliday
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Cyrus K. Holliday was a 19th-century American railroad executive, politician, and co-founder of both the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway and the city of Topeka, Kansas.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cyrus K. Holliday canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T938191 — 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: Cyrus K. Holliday Context triple: [Topeka Cemetery, hasNotableBurial, Cyrus K. Holliday]
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Harwood K. Smith
Harwood K. Smith was an American architect and businessman best known as the founder of the architecture and engineering firm HKS, Inc.
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B.
Cecil H. Green
Cecil H. Green was a British-born American geophysicist, entrepreneur, and philanthropist best known as a co-founder of Texas Instruments and a major benefactor of educational and research institutions.
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C.
Hillard Elkins
Hillard Elkins was an American theatrical and film producer and talent manager known for his work on Broadway and in Hollywood during the mid-20th century.
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D.
Elijah E. Myers
Elijah E. Myers was a prominent 19th-century American architect best known for designing several major state capitol buildings across the United States.
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E.
Mordecai Brown
Mordecai Brown was a Hall of Fame Major League Baseball pitcher, nicknamed "Three Finger," renowned for his exceptional control and success with the Chicago Cubs in the early 20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Cyrus K. Holliday Target entity description: Cyrus K. Holliday was a 19th-century American railroad executive, politician, and co-founder of both the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway and the city of Topeka, Kansas.
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A.
Harwood K. Smith
Harwood K. Smith was an American architect and businessman best known as the founder of the architecture and engineering firm HKS, Inc.
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B.
Cecil H. Green
Cecil H. Green was a British-born American geophysicist, entrepreneur, and philanthropist best known as a co-founder of Texas Instruments and a major benefactor of educational and research institutions.
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C.
Hillard Elkins
Hillard Elkins was an American theatrical and film producer and talent manager known for his work on Broadway and in Hollywood during the mid-20th century.
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D.
Elijah E. Myers
Elijah E. Myers was a prominent 19th-century American architect best known for designing several major state capitol buildings across the United States.
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E.
Mordecai Brown
Mordecai Brown was a Hall of Fame Major League Baseball pitcher, nicknamed "Three Finger," renowned for his exceptional control and success with the Chicago Cubs in the early 20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
businessperson
ⓘ
city founder ⓘ human ⓘ politician ⓘ railroad executive ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
ⓘ
Government of Kansas ⓘ
surface form:
Kansas state government
Topeka, Kansas ⓘ
surface form:
city of Topeka, Kansas
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| coFounderOf |
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
ⓘ
Topeka, Kansas ⓘ
surface form:
city of Topeka, Kansas
|
| contributedTo |
expansion of rail lines across Kansas
ⓘ
selection of Topeka as Kansas state capital ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| era | 19th century ⓘ |
| familyName | Holliday ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
politics
ⓘ
rail transport ⓘ urban development ⓘ |
| givenName |
Cyrus I
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surface form:
Cyrus
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| hasRole |
civic leader in Topeka
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railroad organizer ⓘ state military official in Kansas ⓘ |
| influenced |
economic development of Kansas
ⓘ
settlement patterns along the Santa Fe Railway route ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being a co-founder of Topeka, Kansas
ⓘ
being a co-founder of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway ⓘ |
| name | Cyrus K. Holliday self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableFor |
development of railroads in the American West
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role in founding Topeka as capital of Kansas ⓘ |
| notableWork |
co-founding of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
ⓘ
co-founding of the city of Topeka, Kansas ⓘ |
| occupation |
businessperson
ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ politician ⓘ railroad executive ⓘ railroad promoter ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity |
Kansas
ⓘ
Topeka, Kansas ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment |
Republican Party
ⓘ
surface form:
Republican Party (United States)
|
| positionHeld |
Adjutant General of Kansas
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mayor of Topeka ⓘ member of the Kansas Territorial Legislature ⓘ president of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway ⓘ |
| residence | Topeka, Kansas ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
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Subject: Cyrus K. Holliday Description of subject: Cyrus K. Holliday was a 19th-century American railroad executive, politician, and co-founder of both the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway and the city of Topeka, Kansas.
Referenced by (2)
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