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.

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Mark Hopkins Jr. 9
Mark Hopkins canonical 8

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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 ⓘ
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 (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 project ⓘ
placeOfBirth Henderson, New York, United States ⓘ
linked to: Henderson, New York
placeOfDeath Yuma, Arizona Territory, United States ⓘ
linked to: Yuma, Arizona
politicalAlignment Republican Party (United States) ⓘ
linked to: Republican Party
positionHeld treasurer of the Central Pacific Railroad ⓘ
railroadRole oversaw financial management of Central Pacific Railroad construction ⓘ
religion Presbyterianism ⓘ
linked to: Presbyterian
residence Sacramento, California, United States ⓘ
linked to: Sacramento

San Francisco, California, United States ⓘ
spouse Mary Frances Sherwood Hopkins ⓘ

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Referenced by (17)

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

Southern Pacific Railroad → formedBy → Mark Hopkins ⓘ
Charles Crocker → businessPartner → Mark Hopkins Jr. ⓘ
linked to: Mark Hopkins
Big Four railroad magnate circle → hasMember → Mark Hopkins Jr. ⓘ
linked to: Mark Hopkins
Central Pacific Railroad → foundedBy → Mark Hopkins ⓘ
Collis P. Huntington → businessPartner → Mark Hopkins Jr. ⓘ
linked to: Mark Hopkins
Huntington, Hopkins & Co. → foundedBy → Mark Hopkins Jr. ⓘ
linked to: Mark Hopkins
Huntington, Hopkins & Co. → hasBusinessPartner → Mark Hopkins Jr. ⓘ
linked to: Mark Hopkins
Southern Pacific Railroad → formedBy → Mark Hopkins Jr. ⓘ
subject linked to: SP
linked to: Mark Hopkins
Theodore Judah → metWith → Mark Hopkins Jr. ⓘ
linked to: Mark Hopkins
The Associates → member → Mark Hopkins Jr. ⓘ
linked to: Mark Hopkins
The Associates → ownedBy → Mark Hopkins Jr. ⓘ
linked to: Mark Hopkins