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Noun Named Entity
SYL
William Cornelius Van Horne
EN
Sir William Cornelius Van Horne, is most famous for overseeing the construction of the first Canadian transcontinental railway, a project that was completed in 1885, in under half the projected time. Wikipedia
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Sources
IS A
Homo sapiens
ARCHIVES AT
EN
McGill University Archives
AWARD RECEIVED
EN
Person of National Historic Significance
COUNTRY OF CITIZENSHIP
ꠀꠝꠦꠞꠤꠇꠣ
EN
Canada
EMPLOYER
EN
Canadian Pacific Railway
GIVEN NAME
William
Cornelius
HAS WORKS IN THE COLLECTION
EN
National Gallery of Canada
Art gallery of ontario
HONORIFIC PREFIX
sir
LANGUAGES SPOKEN, WRITTEN OR SIGNED
EN
English
OCCUPATION
EN
entrepreneur
EN
art collector
EN
painter
OWNER OF
EN
Van Horne Mansion
PLACE OF BIRTH
Frankfort
PLACE OF DEATH
EN
Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal
POSITION HELD
EN
president
RELIGION
EN
Unitarianism
RESIDENCE
EN
Canada
Milwaukee
EN
St. Antoine
EN
Van Horne Mansion
EN
Shaughnessy House
SEX OR GENDER
EN
male
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William Cornelius Van Horne

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