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William Backhouse Astor, Sr.
Sign in to saveAlso known as William Backhouse Astor, William B. Astor, Sr., William Astor
American businessman (1792-1875)
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It sits within the topics 1792 births, 1875 deaths and 19th-century American businesspeople.
Its subject is documented across 7 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- William
- Family name
- Astor
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New York City
- Place of death
- New York City
- Father
- John Jacob Astor I
- Occupation
- entrepreneur
- Educated at
- Columbia University
- Family
- Astor family
- Image
- William Backhouse Astor Sr.jpg
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- Commons category
- William Backhouse Astor
- date of birth
- 1792-09-19
- date of death
- 1875-11-24
- place of burial
- Trinity Church Cemetery
- P8168
- Thavung
- archives at
- New York Public Library Main Branch
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1792 births1875 deaths19th-century American businesspeopleAmerican businesspeople in the real estate industryAmerican expatriates in GermanyAmerican Fur Company peopleAstor familyBurials at Trinity Church CemeteryBusinesspeople from New York CityColumbia College, Columbia University alumniHeidelberg University alumniLivingston familyPeople from Barrytown, New YorkPeople of New York (state) in the American Civil WarPhilanthropists from New York (state)Presidents of the New York Public LibraryUniversity of Göttingen alumni