Johann Herwagen the Younger
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Johann Herwagen the Younger was a 16th-century Basel printer and publisher from a prominent Swiss printing family, active in humanist and scholarly publishing.
All labels observed (1)
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| Johann Herwagen the Younger canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20054214 — 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: Johann Herwagen the Younger Context triple: [Hieronymus Froben, coOwnerWith, Johann Herwagen the Younger]
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A.
Johann Georg Übelher
Johann Georg Übelher was an 18th-century German sculptor known for his Baroque religious works, including contributions to prominent pilgrimage churches in Bavaria.
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B.
Johann Jakob Breitinger
Johann Jakob Breitinger was an 18th-century Swiss philologist and literary critic known for his influential theories on poetics and imagination within the German Enlightenment.
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C.
Johann Georg Hiedler
Johann Georg Hiedler was a 19th-century Austrian miller who is widely considered, though not definitively proven, to be the paternal grandfather of Adolf Hitler.
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D.
Johann Weber
Johann Weber is a personal name shared by multiple individuals, most commonly associated with German-speaking figures in fields such as religion, science, and the arts.
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E.
Christoph Herborn
Christoph Herborn is a German local politician who serves as the mayor of the town of Diez in Rhineland-Palatinate.
- 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: Johann Herwagen the Younger Target entity description: Johann Herwagen the Younger was a 16th-century Basel printer and publisher from a prominent Swiss printing family, active in humanist and scholarly publishing.
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A.
Johann Georg Übelher
Johann Georg Übelher was an 18th-century German sculptor known for his Baroque religious works, including contributions to prominent pilgrimage churches in Bavaria.
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B.
Johann Jakob Breitinger
Johann Jakob Breitinger was an 18th-century Swiss philologist and literary critic known for his influential theories on poetics and imagination within the German Enlightenment.
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C.
Johann Georg Hiedler
Johann Georg Hiedler was a 19th-century Austrian miller who is widely considered, though not definitively proven, to be the paternal grandfather of Adolf Hitler.
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D.
Johann Weber
Johann Weber is a personal name shared by multiple individuals, most commonly associated with German-speaking figures in fields such as religion, science, and the arts.
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E.
Christoph Herborn
Christoph Herborn is a German local politician who serves as the mayor of the town of Diez in Rhineland-Palatinate.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.