William Jardine (opium trader)
E1044941
William Jardine was a 19th-century Scottish physician-turned-merchant who co-founded the powerful trading firm Jardine, Matheson & Co. and played a key role in the opium trade and the events leading up to the First Opium War.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| William Jardine (co-founder of Jardine Matheson) | 1 |
| William Jardine (opium trader) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13512009 — 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.
Target entity: William Jardine (opium trader) Context triple: [Dumfries Academy, hasNotableAlumnus, William Jardine (opium trader)]
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Robert Hart
Robert Hart was a prominent British diplomat and inspector-general of China's Imperial Maritime Customs Service in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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B.
Edward Lloyd
Edward Lloyd was a London coffee house owner whose establishment became a key meeting place for merchants and shipowners, ultimately leading to the creation of the maritime classification society Lloyd’s Register.
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C.
Thomas Stamford Raffles
Thomas Stamford Raffles was a British colonial administrator best known as the founder of modern Singapore and a key figure in expanding British influence in Southeast Asia.
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D.
Lai Teck
Lai Teck was the elusive and controversial secretary-general of the Malayan Communist Party before and during World War II, later exposed as a triple agent whose betrayal crippled the communist movement in Malaya.
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E.
William Farquhar
William Farquhar was a Scottish colonial administrator and soldier best known as the first British Resident and Commandant of Singapore, where he played a key role in its early development under the British East India Company.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: William Jardine (opium trader) Target entity description: William Jardine was a 19th-century Scottish physician-turned-merchant who co-founded the powerful trading firm Jardine, Matheson & Co. and played a key role in the opium trade and the events leading up to the First Opium War.
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A.
Robert Hart
Robert Hart was a prominent British diplomat and inspector-general of China's Imperial Maritime Customs Service in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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B.
Edward Lloyd
Edward Lloyd was a London coffee house owner whose establishment became a key meeting place for merchants and shipowners, ultimately leading to the creation of the maritime classification society Lloyd’s Register.
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C.
Thomas Stamford Raffles
Thomas Stamford Raffles was a British colonial administrator best known as the founder of modern Singapore and a key figure in expanding British influence in Southeast Asia.
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D.
Lai Teck
Lai Teck was the elusive and controversial secretary-general of the Malayan Communist Party before and during World War II, later exposed as a triple agent whose betrayal crippled the communist movement in Malaya.
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E.
William Farquhar
William Farquhar was a Scottish colonial administrator and soldier best known as the first British Resident and Commandant of Singapore, where he played a key role in its early development under the British East India Company.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (55)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
businessperson
ⓘ
human ⓘ merchant ⓘ opium trader ⓘ physician ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
British East India Company
NERFINISHED
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Jardine, Matheson & Co. NERFINISHED ⓘ opium merchants in Canton ⓘ |
| businessPartner | James Matheson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | illness ⓘ |
| coFounded | Jardine, Matheson & Co. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| constituencyRepresented | Ashburton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Scotland ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1784-02-24 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1843-02-27 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | University of Edinburgh ⓘ |
| employer | British East India Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | 19th century ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Scottish ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
medicine
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opium trade ⓘ trade ⓘ |
| founded | Jardine, Matheson & Co. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasBusinessInterest |
opium trade
ⓘ
tea trade ⓘ textile trade ⓘ |
| influenced | British policy toward Qing China ⓘ |
| knownFor |
co-founding Jardine, Matheson & Co.
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involvement in the China opium trade ⓘ lobbying the British government on China policy ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Parliament of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | William Jardine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | English ⓘ |
| notableWork |
development of Jardine, Matheson & Co. into a leading China trading firm
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expansion of British opium trade in China ⓘ |
| occupation |
merchant
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opium trader ⓘ physician ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| participantIn | First Opium War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Annan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Rothesay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | Whig Party NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| religion |
Presbyterian
ⓘ
surface form:
Presbyterianism
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| residence |
Canton
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
London, England ⓘ
surface form:
London
Macao NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Canton
NERFINISHED
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Hong Kong NERFINISHED ⓘ Macao NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Subject: William Jardine (opium trader) Description of subject: William Jardine was a 19th-century Scottish physician-turned-merchant who co-founded the powerful trading firm Jardine, Matheson & Co. and played a key role in the opium trade and the events leading up to the First Opium War.
Referenced by (2)
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