William Jenkins
E1393349
UNEXPLORED
William Jenkins was an American photography curator best known for organizing the influential 1975 exhibition "New Topographics: Photographs of a Man-Altered Landscape," which helped redefine landscape photography.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| William Jenkins canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T19631685 — 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: William Jenkins Context triple: [New Topographics, curator, William Jenkins]
-
A.
Robert Jenkins
Robert Jenkins was an 18th-century British sea captain whose alleged mutilation by Spanish coast guards became the pretext for the War of Jenkins' Ear between Britain and Spain.
-
B.
George Jenkins
George Jenkins was an American production designer and art director best known for his Academy Award–winning work on influential films of the 1960s and 1970s.
-
C.
William Fitzgerald Jenkins
William Fitzgerald Jenkins was an American science fiction and alternate history author best known under his pen name Murray Leinster, often called the "Dean of Science Fiction."
-
D.
William Pierson
William Pierson is a tough, battle-hardened U.S. Army staff sergeant and key supporting character in the World War II–themed video game Call of Duty: WWII.
-
E.
Charles Jones Jenkins
Charles Jones Jenkins was a 19th-century American politician and jurist who served as governor of Georgia during the Reconstruction era.
- 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: William Jenkins Target entity description: William Jenkins was an American photography curator best known for organizing the influential 1975 exhibition "New Topographics: Photographs of a Man-Altered Landscape," which helped redefine landscape photography.
-
A.
Robert Jenkins
Robert Jenkins was an 18th-century British sea captain whose alleged mutilation by Spanish coast guards became the pretext for the War of Jenkins' Ear between Britain and Spain.
-
B.
George Jenkins
George Jenkins was an American production designer and art director best known for his Academy Award–winning work on influential films of the 1960s and 1970s.
-
C.
William Fitzgerald Jenkins
William Fitzgerald Jenkins was an American science fiction and alternate history author best known under his pen name Murray Leinster, often called the "Dean of Science Fiction."
-
D.
William Pierson
William Pierson is a tough, battle-hardened U.S. Army staff sergeant and key supporting character in the World War II–themed video game Call of Duty: WWII.
-
E.
Charles Jones Jenkins
Charles Jones Jenkins was a 19th-century American politician and jurist who served as governor of Georgia during the Reconstruction era.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.