Averell Harriman

E111950

Averell Harriman was an influential American diplomat, businessman, and politician who served as U.S. ambassador to the Soviet Union and Britain, Secretary of Commerce, and governor of New York.

All labels observed (6)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American politician ⓘ
businessman ⓘ
diplomat ⓘ
governor ⓘ
human ⓘ
awardReceived Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire ⓘ
Presidential Medal of Freedom ⓘ
burialPlace Arden, New York ⓘ
causeOfDeath heart failure ⓘ
coFounded Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1891-11-15 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1986-07-26 ⓘ
educatedAt Groton School ⓘ
Yale College ⓘ
Yale University ⓘ
employer Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. ⓘ
United States Department of Commerce ⓘ
United States Department of State ⓘ
familyName Harriman ⓘ
fieldOfWork foreign policy ⓘ
international diplomacy ⓘ
fullName William Averell Harriman ⓘ
linked to: Averell Harriman
gender male ⓘ
givenName Averell ⓘ
William ⓘ
memberOf Council on Foreign Relations ⓘ
notableWork negotiations related to the Vietnam War peace talks ⓘ
participation in postwar European reconstruction policy ⓘ
role in Lend-Lease negotiations with the Soviet Union ⓘ
occupation business executive ⓘ
diplomat ⓘ
politician ⓘ
parent E. H. Harriman ⓘ
Mary Williamson Averell ⓘ
placeOfBirth New York City ⓘ
placeOfDeath Yorktown Heights, New York ⓘ
linked to: Yorktown, New York
politicalParty Democratic Party ⓘ
positionHeld Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs ⓘ
Director of the Mutual Security Agency ⓘ
Governor of New York ⓘ
Special Envoy of the President of the United States ⓘ
Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs ⓘ
United States Ambassador to the Soviet Union ⓘ
United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom ⓘ
United States Secretary of Commerce ⓘ
religion Episcopalian ⓘ
residence New York ⓘ
sibling Mary Harriman Rumsey ⓘ
spouse Kitty Lanier Lawrence ⓘ
Marie Norton Whitney ⓘ
Pamela Beryl Harriman ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (34)

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

Skull and Bones → hasNotableMember → Averell Harriman ⓘ
Nelson Rockefeller → predecessor → W. Averell Harriman as Governor of New York ⓘ
linked to: Averell Harriman
Groton School → hasAlumni → Averell Harriman ⓘ
Harriman State Park (New York) → namedAfter → Mary Averell Harriman ⓘ
subject linked to: Harriman State Park (part)
linked to: Averell Harriman
Bonesmen → hasNotableMember → Averell Harriman ⓘ
Averell Harriman → fullName → William Averell Harriman ⓘ
linked to: Averell Harriman
The Order → hasNotableMember → Averell Harriman ⓘ
Presidential Medal of Merit → hasRecipient → Averell Harriman ⓘ
Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. → notablePartner → W. Averell Harriman ⓘ
linked to: Averell Harriman
Mary Harriman Rumsey → sibling → W. Averell Harriman ⓘ
linked to: Averell Harriman
Sun Valley, Idaho → foundedBy → W. Averell Harriman ⓘ
linked to: Averell Harriman
Edward Henry Harriman → child → W. Averell Harriman ⓘ
linked to: Averell Harriman
Harriman family → hasNotableMember → William Averell Harriman ⓘ
linked to: Averell Harriman
Harriman family → hasNotableMember → E. Roland Harriman ⓘ
linked to: Averell Harriman
Harriman family → hasNotableMember → W. Averell Harriman ⓘ
linked to: Averell Harriman
Averell → notableBearer → W. Averell Harriman ⓘ
linked to: Averell Harriman
Averell → givenNameOf → W. Averell Harriman ⓘ
linked to: Averell Harriman
Harriman → notableBearer → W. Averell Harriman ⓘ
linked to: Averell Harriman
E. H. Harriman → child → W. Averell Harriman ⓘ
subject linked to: Harriman
linked to: Averell Harriman
Pamela Harriman → spouse → W. Averell Harriman ⓘ
subject linked to: Harriman
linked to: Averell Harriman
Kitty Lanier Lawrence → spouse → W. Averell Harriman ⓘ
linked to: Averell Harriman
Kitty Lanier Lawrence → relative → W. Averell Harriman ⓘ
linked to: Averell Harriman
Mary Williamson Averell → motherOf → Averell Harriman ⓘ
Mary Williamson Averell → motherOf → W. Averell Harriman ⓘ
linked to: Averell Harriman
Pamela Beryl Harriman → spouse → Averell Harriman ⓘ
Marie Norton Whitney → spouse → W. Averell Harriman ⓘ
linked to: Averell Harriman
Marie Norton Whitney → notableRelative → W. Averell Harriman ⓘ
linked to: Averell Harriman
Arden, New York → hasHistoricAssociationWith → W. Averell Harriman ⓘ
linked to: Averell Harriman
Arden, New York → associatedPerson → W. Averell Harriman ⓘ
linked to: Averell Harriman
Brown Brothers & Co. → notablePartner → Averell Harriman ⓘ
Charles Harriman Rumsey → relative → Averell Harriman ⓘ
Pamela Churchill → spouse → Averell Harriman ⓘ