Robert Woods Bliss

E287132

Robert Woods Bliss was an American diplomat, art collector, and philanthropist best known for co-founding the Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection in Washington, D.C.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Robert Woods Bliss canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American diplomat
art collector
human
philanthropist
associatedWith Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection
linked to: Dumbarton Oaks

Harvard University
birthDate 1875-08-05
coFounded Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection
linked to: Dumbarton Oaks
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
deathDate 1962-04-19
donated Dumbarton Oaks estate to Harvard University
linked to: Dumbarton Oaks
educatedAt Harvard University
employer United States Department of State
familyName Bliss
fieldOfActivity art collecting
diplomacy
philanthropy
fullName Robert Woods Bliss
genreOfCollection Byzantine art
pre-Columbian art
givenName Robert
hasHonor Order of the Liberator General San Martín (Argentina)
Order of the Polar Star (Sweden)
Order of the Southern Cross (Brazil)
hasLanguage English
livedIn Buenos Aires, Argentina
linked to: Buenos Aires

Paris, France
linked to: Paris

Stockholm, Sweden
linked to: Stockholm
memberOf United States Foreign Service
notableFor hosting Dumbarton Oaks Conversations in 1944
patronage of Byzantine art studies
support of pre-Columbian art research
notableWork co-founding Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection
occupation art collector
diplomat
philanthropist
placeOfBirth St. Louis, Missouri, United States
placeOfDeath Washington, D.C., United States
linked to: Washington, D.C.
positionHeld United States Ambassador to Argentina
United States Minister to Sweden
United States diplomat
religion Episcopalian
residence Washington, D.C., United States
linked to: Washington, D.C.
spouse Mildred Barnes Bliss

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Dumbarton Oaks foundedBy Robert Woods Bliss
Robert Woods Bliss fullName Robert Woods Bliss