Joseph Wharton

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Joseph Wharton was a 19th-century American industrialist and philanthropist whose fortune in mining and manufacturing helped shape modern business education.

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Joseph Wharton canonical 7

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instanceOf businessperson ⓘ
human ⓘ
industrialist ⓘ
philanthropist ⓘ
associatedWith University of Pennsylvania ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
educatedAt Friends Select School ⓘ
employer Bethlehem Iron Company ⓘ
familyName Wharton ⓘ
fieldOfWork education philanthropy ⓘ
manufacturing industry ⓘ
mining industry ⓘ
founded Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania ⓘ
givenName Joseph ⓘ
industry iron and steel industry ⓘ
nickel industry ⓘ
zinc industry ⓘ
influenced modern business education curriculum ⓘ
knownFor leadership in American heavy industry ⓘ
using industrial fortune to support education ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
legacy Wharton School named in his honor ⓘ
memberOf Republican Party (United States) ⓘ
linked to: Republican Party
name Joseph Wharton ⓘ
notableAchievement helped professionalize business training at the university level ⓘ
notableFor development of American business education ⓘ
endowing the Wharton School ⓘ
notableWork endowment establishing the first collegiate school of business in the United States ⓘ
occupation businessperson ⓘ
industrialist ⓘ
philanthropist ⓘ
owned Bethlehem Iron Company ⓘ
Pennsylvania and New Jersey zinc and nickel operations ⓘ
philanthropicFocus business education ⓘ
higher education ⓘ
placeOfBirth Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States ⓘ
linked to: Philadelphia
placeOfDeath Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States ⓘ
linked to: Philadelphia
positionHeld president of Bethlehem Iron Company ⓘ
religion Quakerism ⓘ
residence Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States ⓘ
linked to: Philadelphia
sexOrGender male ⓘ
socialClass American upper class industrial elite ⓘ
timePeriod 19th century ⓘ

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