Johanna Westerdijk
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Johanna Westerdijk was a pioneering Dutch botanist and mycologist who became the first female professor in the Netherlands and made significant contributions to the study of plant diseases and fungi.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Johanna Westerdijk canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13317357 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Johanna Westerdijk Context triple: [Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute, namedAfter, Johanna Westerdijk]
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A.
Jan Anne Beijerinck van Lijnden
Jan Anne Beijerinck van Lijnden was a Dutch nobleman and politician after whom the village of Lijnden in the Netherlands is named.
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B.
Katharina Wilhelmina Bilderdijk-Boeck
Katharina Wilhelmina Bilderdijk-Boeck was a Dutch woman known primarily as the wife and literary companion of poet and historian Willem Bilderdijk.
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C.
Johanna Gezina Bonger
Johanna Gezina Bonger was a Dutch editor and art dealer best known for preserving and promoting the legacy of her brother-in-law Vincent van Gogh by publishing his letters and organizing exhibitions of his work.
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D.
Andries Bonger
Andries Bonger was a Dutch art collector and dealer closely connected to the Van Gogh family and the early promotion of Vincent van Gogh’s work.
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E.
Johanna Maria van der Haeghen
Johanna Maria van der Haeghen was a 17th-century Dutch woman best known as the wife of admiral Cornelis Tromp, a prominent naval commander of the Dutch Republic.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Johanna Westerdijk Target entity description: Johanna Westerdijk was a pioneering Dutch botanist and mycologist who became the first female professor in the Netherlands and made significant contributions to the study of plant diseases and fungi.
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A.
Jan Anne Beijerinck van Lijnden
Jan Anne Beijerinck van Lijnden was a Dutch nobleman and politician after whom the village of Lijnden in the Netherlands is named.
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B.
Katharina Wilhelmina Bilderdijk-Boeck
Katharina Wilhelmina Bilderdijk-Boeck was a Dutch woman known primarily as the wife and literary companion of poet and historian Willem Bilderdijk.
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C.
Johanna Gezina Bonger
Johanna Gezina Bonger was a Dutch editor and art dealer best known for preserving and promoting the legacy of her brother-in-law Vincent van Gogh by publishing his letters and organizing exhibitions of his work.
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D.
Andries Bonger
Andries Bonger was a Dutch art collector and dealer closely connected to the Van Gogh family and the early promotion of Vincent van Gogh’s work.
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E.
Johanna Maria van der Haeghen
Johanna Maria van der Haeghen was a 17th-century Dutch woman best known as the wife of admiral Cornelis Tromp, a prominent naval commander of the Dutch Republic.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Dutch person
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botanist ⓘ human ⓘ mycologist ⓘ university professor ⓘ |
| awardReceived | honorary doctorate from the University of Zurich ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy |
Johanna Westerdijk Institute for Phytopathology
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linked to:
Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute
Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Netherlands ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1883-01-04 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1961-11-15 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of Amsterdam
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University of Munich ⓘ
linked to:
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
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| employer | Utrecht University ⓘ |
| familyName |
Westerdijk
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linked to:
Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute
|
| fieldOfWork |
botany
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mycology ⓘ plant pathology ⓘ |
| givenName | Johanna ⓘ |
| hasHeritage | Dutch ⓘ |
| hasWork |
publications on plant pathogenic fungi
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studies on Ophiostoma ulmi ⓘ |
| influenced |
development of plant pathology in the Netherlands
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women’s participation in Dutch academia ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being the first female professor in the Netherlands
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research on fungi ⓘ research on plant diseases ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Dutch ⓘ |
| memberOf | Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences ⓘ |
| name | Johanna Westerdijk ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
advancing understanding of Dutch elm disease
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pioneering work in the study of plant pathogenic fungi ⓘ |
| notableFor | supervising a large number of PhD students in phytopathology ⓘ |
| notableStudent |
Albert Jan Kluyver
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Frits Went ⓘ |
| occupation |
botanist
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mycologist ⓘ university professor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Nieuwer-Amstel ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Baarn ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
director of the Willie Commelin Scholten Phytopathological Laboratory
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professor of phytopathology at Utrecht University ⓘ |
| residence |
Baarn
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Utrecht ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Baarn
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Utrecht ⓘ |
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