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Jay Cooke

American lawyer, businessman and politician (1821–1905)
Person human Q3163222

Facts

17 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[13]
Date of birth
August 10, 1821
Date of death
February 16, 1905, February 18, 1905[7]
Place of birth
Sandusky
Place of death
Ogontz
Country of citizenship
United States[12]
Occupation
explorer, businessperson
Member of political party
Republican Party[14]
Father
Eleutheros Cooke[9]
Child
Laura Elmina Barney, Jay Cooke[10][11]
Sibling
Henry David Cooke[20]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[19]
Described by source
Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[17][18]
Family name
Cooke[15]
Given name
Jay[16]
Place of burial
St. Paul's Episcopal Churchyard[8]
🏷️ Also known as
en Jason Cooke en Jay Cooke ar جاي كوكي fa جی کوک ja ジェイ・コーク ja ジェイ・クック ru Джей Кук ru Кук, Джей zh 杰伊·库克 zh 杰·库克 zh-hant 傑·庫克
🔖 Identifiers · 29
ISNI
0000000055390289
VIAF cluster ID
54947964
Library of Congress authority ID
n50027306
GND ID
118973282
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Jay Cooke engraving 1839-1840.png ↗
American National Biography ID
1000323
Arabic Ontology lexical concept ID
151059293
BabelNet ID
00022410n
CERL Thesaurus ID
cnp00543807
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
biography/Jay-Cooke
FAST ID
9045
Find a Grave memorial ID
225
Show all 29 identifiers +17
Freebase ID
/m/018sfh
Geni.com profile ID
6000000004867392374
IdRef ID
244369879
Interlingual Index ID
i94778
NL CR AUT ID
xx0065152
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007278348505171
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
071062491
Obálky knih ID
xx0065152
Open Library ID
OL351973A
OpenMLOL author ID
396282
PMB – Personen der Moderne Basis person ID
151581
Prabook ID
140628
SNAC ARK ID
w64q87c5
WikiTree person ID
Cooke-3499
WordNet 3.1 Synset ID
10928286-n
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJptTG49kykKrQKqkGw3cP
Yale LUX ID
person/0a622d74-f3b6-443b-a72e-1e29d1d6362c

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Described by source 2
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography
Occupation 2
businessperson, explorer
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Family name 1
Cooke
Father 1
Eleutheros Cooke
Given name 1
Jay
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Member of political party 1
Republican Party
Parent of 1
Eleutheros Cooke
Place of birth 1
Sandusky
Sex or gender 1
male
Sibling 1
Henry David Cooke
Siblings 1
Henry David Cooke
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Summary

Jay Cooke was born on August 10, 1821[1], in Sandusky[2]. He died on February 16, 1905[3], in Ogontz[4]. He worked as an explorer[5] and businessperson[6].

FAQs

Where was Jay Cooke born?

Jay Cooke was born in Sandusky[2].

Where did Jay Cooke die?

Jay Cooke died in Ogontz[4].

Who were Jay Cooke's parents?

Jay Cooke's father was Eleutheros Cooke[9].

What did Jay Cooke do for work?

Jay Cooke worked as an explorer[5] and businessperson[6].

Related Entities

United States

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  6. [10] ↑ . Geni.com. wikidata.org.
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  10. [6] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [8] ↑ . Find a Grave. wikidata.org.
  12. [1] ↑ . Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [7] ↑ . Find a Grave. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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