Harrington Professor of History
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Harrington Professor of History is a distinguished endowed academic chair in the field of history, held by historian Alfred W. McCoy.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Harrington Professor of History canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1302887 — 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: Harrington Professor of History Context triple: [Alfred W. McCoy, positionHeld, Harrington Professor of History]
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Beit Professor of Commonwealth History
The Beit Professor of Commonwealth History is a prestigious University of Oxford chair dedicated to the academic study and teaching of the history of the British Empire and Commonwealth.
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Jeremy and Jane Knowles Professor of History
The Jeremy and Jane Knowles Professor of History is a distinguished endowed chair at Harvard University’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences, held by historian Emma Georgina Rothschild.
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C.
Regius Professor of Modern History at the University of Cambridge
The Regius Professor of Modern History at the University of Cambridge is a prestigious royal-appointed chair in modern historical studies at the University of Cambridge.
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D.
Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities
The Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities is a prestigious endowed academic chair in the humanities, notably held by Holocaust survivor and author Elie Wiesel.
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E.
Morton D. Hull Distinguished Service Professor
The Morton D. Hull Distinguished Service Professor is a prestigious endowed professorship at the University of Chicago, historically associated with eminent scholars such as astrophysicist Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar.
- 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: Harrington Professor of History Target entity description: Harrington Professor of History is a distinguished endowed academic chair in the field of history, held by historian Alfred W. McCoy.
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A.
Beit Professor of Commonwealth History
The Beit Professor of Commonwealth History is a prestigious University of Oxford chair dedicated to the academic study and teaching of the history of the British Empire and Commonwealth.
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B.
Jeremy and Jane Knowles Professor of History
The Jeremy and Jane Knowles Professor of History is a distinguished endowed chair at Harvard University’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences, held by historian Emma Georgina Rothschild.
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C.
Regius Professor of Modern History at the University of Cambridge
The Regius Professor of Modern History at the University of Cambridge is a prestigious royal-appointed chair in modern historical studies at the University of Cambridge.
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D.
Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities
The Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities is a prestigious endowed academic chair in the humanities, notably held by Holocaust survivor and author Elie Wiesel.
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E.
Morton D. Hull Distinguished Service Professor
The Morton D. Hull Distinguished Service Professor is a prestigious endowed professorship at the University of Chicago, historically associated with eminent scholars such as astrophysicist Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (10)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic position
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endowed academic chair ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline | History ⓘ |
| chairType | endowed chair ⓘ |
| endowed | true ⓘ |
| field | history ⓘ |
| hasTitleHolder | Alfred W. McCoy ⓘ |
| heldBy | Alfred W. McCoy ⓘ |
| isDistinguished | true ⓘ |
| positionType | professorship ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Harrington Professor of History Description of subject: Harrington Professor of History is a distinguished endowed academic chair in the field of history, held by historian Alfred W. McCoy.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.