Ferdinand Lee Barnett

CTL-E-1139 · Person · 1852–1922

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Founder of the Chicago Conservator

Notes

Merged into canonical KG 2026-10-03 from BPM-003; source entity IDs: CTL-DR-BPM-003:per-fbarnett; source research type(s): person.

Sources

Encyclopedia of Chicago

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