William Stanley Jevons
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William Stanley Jevons was a 19th-century English economist and logician known as a founder of the marginal revolution in economics and for his work on utility theory and the theory of value.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| William Stanley Jevons canonical | 8 |
| Jevons | 1 |
| William Stanley Jevons, The Theory of Political Economy | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1259064 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Stanley Jevons Context triple: [Alfred Marshall, influencedBy, William Stanley Jevons]
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Alfred Marshall
Alfred Marshall was a pioneering British economist whose work helped found neoclassical economics and shaped generations of economic thought, including that of John Maynard Keynes.
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Robert Torrens
Robert Torrens was a 19th-century Irish-born British economist, politician, and influential early theorist of international trade and comparative advantage.
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Arthur Cecil Pigou
Arthur Cecil Pigou was a British economist known for his foundational work in welfare economics and the theory of externalities, which strongly shaped modern public economics.
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Carl Menger
Carl Menger was an Austrian economist and founder of the Austrian School, best known for developing the theory of marginal utility and subjective value.
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David Ricardo
David Ricardo was a prominent 19th-century British political economist known for his theories of comparative advantage, rent, and distribution in classical economics.
- 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 Stanley Jevons Target entity description: William Stanley Jevons was a 19th-century English economist and logician known as a founder of the marginal revolution in economics and for his work on utility theory and the theory of value.
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A.
Alfred Marshall
Alfred Marshall was a pioneering British economist whose work helped found neoclassical economics and shaped generations of economic thought, including that of John Maynard Keynes.
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B.
Robert Torrens
Robert Torrens was a 19th-century Irish-born British economist, politician, and influential early theorist of international trade and comparative advantage.
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C.
Arthur Cecil Pigou
Arthur Cecil Pigou was a British economist known for his foundational work in welfare economics and the theory of externalities, which strongly shaped modern public economics.
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D.
Carl Menger
Carl Menger was an Austrian economist and founder of the Austrian School, best known for developing the theory of marginal utility and subjective value.
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E.
David Ricardo
David Ricardo was a prominent 19th-century British political economist known for his theories of comparative advantage, rent, and distribution in classical economics.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (61)
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Instruction
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Subject: William Stanley Jevons Description of subject: William Stanley Jevons was a 19th-century English economist and logician known as a founder of the marginal revolution in economics and for his work on utility theory and the theory of value.
Referenced by (10)
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this entity surface form:
Jevons
this entity surface form:
William Stanley Jevons, The Theory of Political Economy