John

E1005061

John is the given name of John Warne Gates, the American industrialist and financier known for promoting barbed wire and early oil ventures.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
John canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (27)

Predicate Object
instanceOf human ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Bet-a-Million Gates ⓘ
burialPlace Oak Woods Cemetery ⓘ
businessActivity barbed wire industry ⓘ
oil industry ⓘ
steel industry ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1855-05-18 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1911-08-09 ⓘ
employer American Steel and Wire Company ⓘ
ethnicGroup European American ⓘ
familyName Gates ⓘ
givenName John ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
notableAchievement helped consolidate wire and steel companies into American Steel and Wire ⓘ
invested in early Texas oil fields ⓘ
notableFor early oil ventures ⓘ
promotion of barbed wire ⓘ
notableWork development of barbed wire marketing techniques ⓘ
occupation financier ⓘ
industrialist ⓘ
placeOfBirth Turner Junction, Illinois ⓘ
West Chicago, Illinois ⓘ
placeOfDeath Paris, France ⓘ
linked to: Paris
residence New York City ⓘ
St. Louis, Missouri ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.