Friedrich Robert Donat
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Friedrich Robert Donat, better known as Robert Donat, was an acclaimed English film and stage actor renowned for his performances in classics such as "The 39 Steps" and his Oscar-winning role in "Goodbye, Mr. Chips."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Friedrich Robert Donat canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13104887 — 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: Friedrich Robert Donat Context triple: [Robert Donat, fullName, Friedrich Robert Donat]
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A.
Ludwig Donath
Ludwig Donath was an Austrian-American character actor known for his numerous supporting roles in Hollywood films from the 1930s through the 1950s, often portraying cultured European figures.
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B.
Johann Quenstedt
Johann Quenstedt was a 17th-century German Lutheran theologian renowned as one of the leading systematic exponents of high Lutheran orthodoxy.
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C.
Friedrich Blume
Friedrich Blume was a German musicologist renowned for his influential research on Protestant church music and his role in shaping 20th-century musicological scholarship.
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D.
Friedrich Krafft
Friedrich Krafft was a German chemist known for his work in organic chemistry and for the Krafft point concept related to the solubility of surfactants.
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E.
Karl Ernst Claus
Karl Ernst Claus was a 19th-century Russian chemist and naturalist best known for discovering the chemical element ruthenium.
- 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: Friedrich Robert Donat Target entity description: Friedrich Robert Donat, better known as Robert Donat, was an acclaimed English film and stage actor renowned for his performances in classics such as "The 39 Steps" and his Oscar-winning role in "Goodbye, Mr. Chips."
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A.
Ludwig Donath
Ludwig Donath was an Austrian-American character actor known for his numerous supporting roles in Hollywood films from the 1930s through the 1950s, often portraying cultured European figures.
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B.
Johann Quenstedt
Johann Quenstedt was a 17th-century German Lutheran theologian renowned as one of the leading systematic exponents of high Lutheran orthodoxy.
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C.
Friedrich Blume
Friedrich Blume was a German musicologist renowned for his influential research on Protestant church music and his role in shaping 20th-century musicological scholarship.
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D.
Friedrich Krafft
Friedrich Krafft was a German chemist known for his work in organic chemistry and for the Krafft point concept related to the solubility of surfactants.
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E.
Karl Ernst Claus
Karl Ernst Claus was a 19th-century Russian chemist and naturalist best known for discovering the chemical element ruthenium.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
English actor
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film actor ⓘ human ⓘ stage actor ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 1958 ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1921 ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Robert Donat NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Academy Award for Best Actor
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New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceivedForWork | Academy Award for Best Actor for "Goodbye, Mr. Chips" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Golders Green Crematorium, London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath |
asthma
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respiratory illness ⓘ |
| citizenshipStatus | natural-born British citizen ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
England
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United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1905-03-18 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1958-06-09 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | English ⓘ |
| familyName | Donat NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
cinema
ⓘ
theatre ⓘ |
| genre | drama ⓘ |
| givenName |
Friedrich
NERFINISHED
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Robert ⓘ |
| hasMedicalCondition | chronic asthma ⓘ |
| languagesSpokenWrittenOrSigned | English ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableRole |
Mr. Chipping in "Goodbye, Mr. Chips"
NERFINISHED
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Richard Hannay in "The 39 Steps" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
NERFINISHED
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Knight Without Armour NERFINISHED ⓘ The 39 Steps NERFINISHED ⓘ The Citadel NERFINISHED ⓘ The Inn of the Sixth Happiness NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
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film actor ⓘ stage actor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Lancashire, England
NERFINISHED
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Withington, Manchester, England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | London, England ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse |
Ella Annesley Voysey
NERFINISHED
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Renée Asherson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workedWith |
Alfred Hitchcock
NERFINISHED
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Deborah Kerr NERFINISHED ⓘ Ingrid Bergman NERFINISHED ⓘ Sam Wood NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Subject: Friedrich Robert Donat Description of subject: Friedrich Robert Donat, better known as Robert Donat, was an acclaimed English film and stage actor renowned for his performances in classics such as "The 39 Steps" and his Oscar-winning role in "Goodbye, Mr. Chips."
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