. . . "American politician and general" . . "1764-11-01Z"^^ . . "Stephen van Rensselaer III (November 1, 1764 \u2013 January 26, 1839) was Lieutenant Governor of New York and a member of the United States House of Representatives, as well as a soldier, businessman and landowner. The heir to one of the largest estates in New York, his holdings made him the tenth richest American of all time, based on the ratio of his fortune to contemporary GDP. He founded the institution which became Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute."@en . "Stephen van Rensselaer"@en . . "Lieutenant Governor of New York" . . . . . "Van Rensselaer, Stephen Iii"@en . . . "1839-01-26Z"^^ . . . . "1839Z"^^ . . "1764Z"^^ .