Harold Stirling Vanderbilt

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Harold Stirling Vanderbilt was an American railroad executive, champion yachtsman, and contract bridge authority who played a key role in shaping modern competitive sailing and bridge.

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Harold Stirling Vanderbilt canonical 11

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bridge player ⓘ
human ⓘ
railroad executive ⓘ
yachtsman ⓘ
awardReceived ACBL Hall of Fame induction ⓘ
birthDate 1884-07-06 ⓘ
boat Enterprise ⓘ
Rainbow ⓘ
Ranger ⓘ
competitionTitle America's Cup winner ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
deathDate 1970-07-04 ⓘ
designed Vanderbilt contract bridge scoring system ⓘ
educatedAt Harvard Law School ⓘ
Harvard University ⓘ
employer New York Central Railroad ⓘ
familyName Vanderbilt ⓘ
fieldOfWork contract bridge rules ⓘ
yacht racing rules ⓘ
fullName Harold Stirling Vanderbilt ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
genre bridge literature ⓘ
givenName Harold ⓘ
honouredIn Vanderbilt Knockout Teams bridge championship ⓘ
knownFor developing modern contract bridge scoring ⓘ
revising the rules of yacht racing ⓘ
winning the America's Cup ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
memberOfFamily Vanderbilt family ⓘ
notableAchievement helped codify International Yacht Racing Rules ⓘ
introduced vulnerability concept in contract bridge scoring ⓘ
notableRole authority on competitive sailing ⓘ
authority on contract bridge ⓘ
occupation bridge theorist ⓘ
railroad executive ⓘ
sports administrator ⓘ
yachtsman ⓘ
placeOfBirth Oakdale, New York ⓘ
placeOfDeath Newport, Rhode Island ⓘ
positionHeld director of New York Central Railroad ⓘ
residence Newport, Rhode Island ⓘ
Palm Beach, Florida ⓘ
linked to: Palm Beach
sport contract bridge ⓘ
sailing ⓘ
won America's Cup 1930 ⓘ
America's Cup 1934 ⓘ
America's Cup 1937 ⓘ
wroteAbout contract bridge bidding and play ⓘ
yacht racing rules ⓘ

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William Kissam Vanderbilt → child → Harold Stirling Vanderbilt ⓘ
Alva Erskine Vanderbilt → child → Harold Stirling Vanderbilt ⓘ
Island Cemetery, Newport, Rhode Island → hasNotableBurial → Harold Stirling Vanderbilt ⓘ
Alva Erskine Smith → child → Harold Stirling Vanderbilt ⓘ
Phoebe Ann Desha → notableRelative → Harold Stirling Vanderbilt ⓘ
Harold Stirling Vanderbilt → fullName → Harold Stirling Vanderbilt ⓘ
Harold S. Vanderbilt estate, Palm Beach → hasOwner → Harold Stirling Vanderbilt ⓘ
Harold S. Vanderbilt estate, Palm Beach → namedAfter → Harold Stirling Vanderbilt ⓘ
Harold S. Vanderbilt estate, Palm Beach → associatedPerson → Harold Stirling Vanderbilt ⓘ
William Kissam Vanderbilt II → sibling → Harold Stirling Vanderbilt ⓘ
Alva Belmont → child → Harold Stirling Vanderbilt ⓘ