George Francis Train

American businessman (1829–1904)

Person Human Q1507369

Facts

16 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[13]
Date of birth: March 24, 1829
Date of death: January 5, 1904
Place of birth: Boston
Place of death: New York City
Country of citizenship: United States^[11]
Occupation: businessperson, travel writer, politician, writer, university teacher
Employer: Union Pacific Corporation^[12]
Languages spoken, written or signed: English^[19]
Copyright status as a creator: copyrights on works have expired^[21]
Described by source: Library of the World's Best Literature, New International Encyclopedia^[17]^[18]
Family name: Train^[14]
Given name: George, Francis^[15]^[16]
Has works in the collection: Australian National Maritime Museum^[20]
Place of burial: Green-Wood Cemetery^[10]

🏷️ Also known as

en George Francis Train ja ジョージ・フランシス・トレイン zh 喬治·法蘭西斯·崔恩

🔖 Identifiers · 46

ISNI: 0000000063167474
VIAF cluster ID: 5713728
Library of Congress Authorities ID: no95000219
GND ID: 117634557
Archives at Yale agent ID: people/62043
Australian Dictionary of Biography ID: train-george-francis-4745
Australian National Maritime Museum person ID: 2612
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 146194127
CANTIC ID: 981058514382806706
CERL Thesaurus ID: cnp00689294
DDB person (GND) ID: 117634557
Encyclopedia of Melbourne ID: EM02437b

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FAST ID: 350024
FES digital collections entity ID: 437357
Find a Grave memorial ID: 9462330
Freebase ID: /m/01qxxr
Geni profile ID: 6000000010940955020
Goodreads character ID: 10720
Grace's Guide ID: George_Francis_Train
IdRef ID: 086909525
J9U entity ID: 987007295808805171
KBR person ID: 14052543
Libraries Australia ID: 35554532
NLA Trove people ID: 994181
National Library of Chile ID: 000089393
National Library of Israel ID (old): 000519184
National Library of Portugal ID: 145942
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID: XX1559044
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID: 13107718X
Online Books Page author ID: Train, George Francis
Open Library ID: OL1841036A
OpenMLOL author ID: 156050
Our Campaigns candidate ID: 183908
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography ID: 49513
People Australia ID: 4745
Prabook ID: 1080859
Project Gutenberg author ID: 39356
Rijksmuseum Research Library authority ID: 114409
SBN author ID: BCTV002546
SNAC ARK ID: w6736r29
University of Barcelona authority ID: 981058514382806706
University of Barcelona authority ID (former scheme): a1283241
Unz Review author ID: TrainGeorgeFrancis
WikiTree person ID: Train-167
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJk9369JyvrY4X7vj8WkXd
Yale LUX ID: person/693db5dd-c194-4588-9479-5aa8e4b032ad

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🔗 Connections

Occupation 4

writer, politician, businessperson, travel writer

Given name 2

George, Francis

Country of citizenship 1

United States

Described by source 1

New International Encyclopedia

Employer 1

Union Pacific Corporation

Has works in the collection 1

Australian National Maritime Museum

Instance of 1

human

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

English

Place of birth 1

Boston

Place of burial 1

Green-Wood Cemetery

Place of death 1

New York City

Sex or gender 1

male

← Inspired by 1

Phileas Fogg

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Summary

George Francis Train was born in Boston^[1]. He was born on March 24, 1829^[2]. He passed away in New York City^[3]. He died on January 5, 1904^[4]. He worked as a businessperson^[5], travel writer^[6], politician^[7], writer^[8], and university teacher^[9].

FAQs

Where was George Francis Train born?

Born in Boston^[1].

Where did George Francis Train die?

George Francis Train passed away in New York City^[3].

What did George Francis Train do for work?

George Francis Train worked as businessperson^[5], travel writer^[6], politician^[7], writer^[8], and university teacher^[9].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[1] ↑ George Francis Train — place of birth (P19): Boston. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ George Francis Train — place of death (P20): New York City. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ George Francis Train — sex or gender (P21): male. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ George Francis Train — country of citizenship (P27): United States. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ George Francis Train — occupation (P106): businessperson. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ George Francis Train — occupation (P106): travel writer. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ George Francis Train — occupation (P106): politician. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ George Francis Train — occupation (P106): writer. Library of the World's Best Literature. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ George Francis Train — occupation (P106): university teacher. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ George Francis Train — employer (P108): Union Pacific Corporation. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ George Francis Train — place of burial (P119): Green-Wood Cemetery. Find a Grave. wikidata.org.
[2] ↑ George Francis Train — date of birth (P569): March 24, 1829. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ George Francis Train — date of death (P570): January 5, 1904. SNAC. Retrieved 2017-10-09. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ George Francis Train — family name (P734): Train. texasstandard.org. Retrieved 2021-09-26. texasstandard.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ George Francis Train — given name (P735): George. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ George Francis Train — given name (P735): Francis. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ George Francis Train — described by source (P1343): Library of the World's Best Literature. bartleby.com. bartleby.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ George Francis Train — described by source (P1343): New International Encyclopedia. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ George Francis Train — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): English. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ George Francis Train — has works in the collection (P6379): Australian National Maritime Museum. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ George Francis Train — copyright status as a creator (P7763): copyrights on works have expired. Retrieved 2020-04-11. wikidata.org.

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Occupation → businessperson, travel writer, politician +1

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