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John Mills Van Osdel (July 31, 1811 – December 21, 1891) was an American architect who is considered the first Chicago architect. He is considered a peer of the most prominent architects in the history of Chicago. He has also done significant work throughout Illinois and the Midwest, although much of it no longer exists.
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TTTA extracted 34 structured relationships around John M. Van Osdel. Examples in this analysis include John M. Van Osdel → Born → (1811-07-31)July 31, 1811 Baltimore, Maryland, US and John M. Van Osdel → Died → December 21, 1891(1891-12-21) (aged 80) Chicago, Illinois, US. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.
| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
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| John M. Van Osdel | Born | (1811-07-31)July 31, 1811 Baltimore, Maryland, US | 1.00 | infobox |
| John M. Van Osdel | Died | December 21, 1891(1891-12-21) (aged 80) Chicago, Illinois, US | 1.00 | infobox |
| John M. Van Osdel | Occupation | Architect | 1.00 | infobox |
| John M. Van Osdel | Spouses | .mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marria… | 1.00 | infobox |
| John M. Van Osdel | related to Early life | John | 0.60 | section |
| John M. Van Osdel | related to Early life | Van Osdel | 0.60 | section |
| John M. Van Osdel | related to Early life | Baltimore | 0.60 | section |
| John M. Van Osdel | related to Early life | Maryland | 0.60 | section |
| John M. Van Osdel | related to Early life | July | 0.60 | section |
| John M. Van Osdel | related to Early life | James | 0.60 | section |
| John M. Van Osdel | related to Early life | During John's | 0.60 | section |
| John M. Van Osdel | related to Early life | To | 0.60 | section |
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Source: Wikipedia — John M. Van Osdel · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout