David Chilton Phillips
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David Chilton Phillips was a British biophysicist and pioneering X-ray crystallographer known for his influential work on protein structure and leadership in structural biology.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| David Chilton Phillips canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T589286 — 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: David Chilton Phillips Context triple: [John Kendrew, notableStudent, David Chilton Phillips]
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John Phillips
John Phillips was an 18th-century American merchant and philanthropist best known for endowing and founding the prestigious Phillips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire.
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B.
Douglas Glenn Colvin
Douglas Glenn Colvin, better known as Dee Dee Ramone, was the bassist, primary songwriter, and a founding member of the pioneering punk rock band the Ramones.
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C.
Robert Paul Smith
Robert Paul Smith was an American author and playwright best known for his humorous novels and plays, including the work that inspired the romantic comedy "The Tender Trap."
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D.
Ted Sears
Ted Sears was an American screenwriter and story artist best known for his pioneering work on numerous classic Walt Disney animated films.
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E.
Jim Phillips
Jim Phillips is an American college sports executive who serves as the commissioner of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).
- 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: David Chilton Phillips Target entity description: David Chilton Phillips was a British biophysicist and pioneering X-ray crystallographer known for his influential work on protein structure and leadership in structural biology.
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A.
John Phillips
John Phillips was an 18th-century American merchant and philanthropist best known for endowing and founding the prestigious Phillips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire.
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B.
Douglas Glenn Colvin
Douglas Glenn Colvin, better known as Dee Dee Ramone, was the bassist, primary songwriter, and a founding member of the pioneering punk rock band the Ramones.
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C.
Robert Paul Smith
Robert Paul Smith was an American author and playwright best known for his humorous novels and plays, including the work that inspired the romantic comedy "The Tender Trap."
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D.
Ted Sears
Ted Sears was an American screenwriter and story artist best known for his pioneering work on numerous classic Walt Disney animated films.
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E.
Jim Phillips
Jim Phillips is an American college sports executive who serves as the commissioner of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British scientist
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X-ray crystallographer ⓘ biophysicist ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS)
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surface form:
Fellow of the Royal Society
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| birthDate | 1924-03-07 ⓘ |
| citizenship | British ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1999-02-23 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of Oxford
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University of Western Australia ⓘ |
| employer |
Royal Institution
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University of Oxford ⓘ |
| familyName | Phillips ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
X-ray crystallography
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biophysics ⓘ structural biology ⓘ |
| fullName | David Chilton Phillips self-link ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | David ⓘ |
| honorificTitle | Sir ⓘ |
| influenced |
applications of X-ray crystallography to proteins
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development of modern structural biology ⓘ |
| knownFor |
X-ray crystallographic analysis of lysozyme
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leadership in structural biology ⓘ pioneering work on protein structure ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Royal Society ⓘ |
| notableStudent | Louise Johnson ⓘ |
| notableWork | first detailed three-dimensional structure of lysozyme ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Perth
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surface form:
Perth, Western Australia
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| placeOfDeath |
Oxford
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surface form:
Oxford, England
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| positionHeld |
Biophysics Professor at the Royal Institution
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Head of the Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics at the University of Oxford ⓘ Professor of Molecular Biophysics at the University of Oxford ⓘ |
| researchInterest |
enzyme mechanisms
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protein structure determination ⓘ |
| workedOn |
X-ray diffraction methods for proteins
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structure of enzymes ⓘ |
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