Richard Herbert
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Richard Herbert was a Welsh nobleman and politician of the late 16th and early 17th centuries, best known as the father of the metaphysical poet and Anglican priest George Herbert.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Richard Herbert canonical | 1 |
| Richard Herbert of Montgomery | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21198619 — 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: Richard Herbert Context triple: [George Herbert, father, Richard Herbert]
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A.
James Shirley
James Shirley was a prominent English dramatist of the early 17th century, best known for his Caroline-era plays written just before the closing of the theatres in 1642.
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B.
Edmund Waller
Edmund Waller was a 17th-century English poet and politician known for his polished, courtly verse and association with the Cavalier poetic tradition.
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C.
Samuel Daniel
Samuel Daniel was an English Renaissance poet and historian known for his sonnets, philosophical verse, and works such as "Delia" and "The Civil Wars."
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D.
Francis Quarles
Francis Quarles was a 17th-century English poet best known for his emblematic religious verse and the popular work "Emblems."
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E.
Arthur Brooke
Arthur Brooke was a 16th-century English poet best known for writing the narrative poem that served as the primary source for Shakespeare’s "Romeo and Juliet."
- 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: Richard Herbert Target entity description: Richard Herbert was a Welsh nobleman and politician of the late 16th and early 17th centuries, best known as the father of the metaphysical poet and Anglican priest George Herbert.
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A.
James Shirley
James Shirley was a prominent English dramatist of the early 17th century, best known for his Caroline-era plays written just before the closing of the theatres in 1642.
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B.
Edmund Waller
Edmund Waller was a 17th-century English poet and politician known for his polished, courtly verse and association with the Cavalier poetic tradition.
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C.
Samuel Daniel
Samuel Daniel was an English Renaissance poet and historian known for his sonnets, philosophical verse, and works such as "Delia" and "The Civil Wars."
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D.
Francis Quarles
Francis Quarles was a 17th-century English poet best known for his emblematic religious verse and the popular work "Emblems."
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E.
Arthur Brooke
Arthur Brooke was a 16th-century English poet best known for writing the narrative poem that served as the primary source for Shakespeare’s "Romeo and Juliet."
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Richard Herbert