Mark Hopkins
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Mark Hopkins was a 19th-century American railroad magnate and one of the "Big Four" tycoons who financed and built the Central Pacific Railroad.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mark Hopkins Jr. | 6 |
| Mark Hopkins canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2395077 — 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: Mark Hopkins Context triple: [Southern Pacific Railroad, formedBy, Mark Hopkins]
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John Byron Diman
John Byron Diman was an American Episcopal clergyman and educator best known for establishing several prominent New England preparatory schools in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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Henry Wheaton
Henry Wheaton was a 19th-century American jurist, diplomat, and pioneering scholar of international law whose writings significantly shaped the field.
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James R. Osgood
James R. Osgood was a prominent 19th-century American publisher known for his influential role in the Boston literary scene and for publishing works by major authors of his time.
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Augustus Trowbridge
Augustus Trowbridge was an American physicist and academic known for his work in optics and for mentoring influential engineers and scientists in the early 20th century.
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Joseph Howland
Joseph Howland was a 17th-century New England colonist, known primarily as a son of Mayflower passenger John Howland and a member of the early Plymouth Colony community.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Mark Hopkins Target entity description: Mark Hopkins was a 19th-century American railroad magnate and one of the "Big Four" tycoons who financed and built the Central Pacific Railroad.
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A.
John Byron Diman
John Byron Diman was an American Episcopal clergyman and educator best known for establishing several prominent New England preparatory schools in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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B.
Henry Wheaton
Henry Wheaton was a 19th-century American jurist, diplomat, and pioneering scholar of international law whose writings significantly shaped the field.
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C.
James R. Osgood
James R. Osgood was a prominent 19th-century American publisher known for his influential role in the Boston literary scene and for publishing works by major authors of his time.
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D.
Augustus Trowbridge
Augustus Trowbridge was an American physicist and academic known for his work in optics and for mentoring influential engineers and scientists in the early 20th century.
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E.
Joseph Howland
Joseph Howland was a 17th-century New England colonist, known primarily as a son of Mayflower passenger John Howland and a member of the early Plymouth Colony community.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American
ⓘ
businessperson ⓘ industrialist ⓘ railroad magnate ⓘ |
| activityStart | California Gold Rush era ⓘ |
| associatedEvent | construction of the Central Pacific segment of the First Transcontinental Railroad ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Sacramento merchants who promoted the Central Pacific Railroad
ⓘ
development of rail links between California and the eastern United States ⓘ |
| basedIn |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
California
|
| businessModel | investment in railroad infrastructure ⓘ |
| businessPartner |
Charles Crocker
ⓘ
Collis P. Huntington ⓘ Leland Stanford ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | illness ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1813-09-01 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1878-03-29 ⓘ |
| employer | Central Pacific Railroad ⓘ |
| era | 19th century ⓘ |
| familyName | Hopkins ⓘ |
| givenName | Mark ⓘ |
| hasHeritage | English-American ⓘ |
| industry |
construction
ⓘ
rail transport ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being one of the Big Four who built the Central Pacific Railroad
ⓘ
co-founding the Central Pacific Railroad ⓘ |
| legacy |
figure in the economic development of the American West
ⓘ
namesake of the Mark Hopkins Hotel on Nob Hill in San Francisco ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Big Four of the Central Pacific
ⓘ
surface form:
Big Four (Central Pacific Railroad)
|
| movedTo | California during the Gold Rush ⓘ |
| notableAchievement | helped secure federal support for the Central Pacific Railroad ⓘ |
| notableRelative | Edward F. Searles ⓘ |
| notableWork | financing construction of the western portion of the First Transcontinental Railroad ⓘ |
| occupation |
financier
ⓘ
railroad executive ⓘ |
| partOf |
First Transcontinental Railroad
ⓘ
surface form:
First Transcontinental Railroad project
|
| placeOfBirth |
Henderson, New York
ⓘ
surface form:
Henderson, New York, United States
|
| placeOfDeath |
Yuma, Arizona
ⓘ
surface form:
Yuma, Arizona Territory, United States
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| politicalAlignment |
Republican Party
ⓘ
surface form:
Republican Party (United States)
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| positionHeld | treasurer of the Central Pacific Railroad ⓘ |
| railroadRole | oversaw financial management of Central Pacific Railroad construction ⓘ |
| religion |
Presbyterian
ⓘ
surface form:
Presbyterianism
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| residence |
Sacramento
ⓘ
surface form:
Sacramento, California, United States
San Francisco, California, United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
San Francisco, California, United States
|
| spouse | Mary Frances Sherwood Hopkins ⓘ |
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Subject: Mark Hopkins Description of subject: Mark Hopkins was a 19th-century American railroad magnate and one of the "Big Four" tycoons who financed and built the Central Pacific Railroad.
Referenced by (9)
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