Falconer Madan
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Falconer Madan was a British librarian and bibliographer who served as Bodley's Librarian at the Bodleian Library, Oxford, in the early 20th century.
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| Falconer Madan canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21581431 — 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: Falconer Madan Context triple: [Venetia Burney, relative, Falconer Madan]
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A.
James Prinsep
James Prinsep was a 19th-century British scholar and antiquary best known for deciphering ancient Indian scripts, which unlocked the historical understanding of Emperor Ashoka and early Indian epigraphy.
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B.
Charles John Ellicott
Charles John Ellicott was a 19th-century English bishop, biblical scholar, and theologian known for his influential work on New Testament exegesis and Bible revision.
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C.
A. C. Blyth
A. C. Blyth was a British zoologist and curator noted for his pioneering work in Indian ornithology and mammalogy in the 19th century.
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D.
F. W. Maitland
F. W. Maitland was a preeminent English legal historian whose pioneering work on medieval English law profoundly shaped the modern study of legal history.
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E.
Sivanath Sastri
Sivanath Sastri was a prominent 19th-century Indian social reformer, educationist, and writer closely associated with the Brahmo Samaj movement in Bengal.
- 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: Falconer Madan Target entity description: Falconer Madan was a British librarian and bibliographer who served as Bodley's Librarian at the Bodleian Library, Oxford, in the early 20th century.
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A.
James Prinsep
James Prinsep was a 19th-century British scholar and antiquary best known for deciphering ancient Indian scripts, which unlocked the historical understanding of Emperor Ashoka and early Indian epigraphy.
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B.
Charles John Ellicott
Charles John Ellicott was a 19th-century English bishop, biblical scholar, and theologian known for his influential work on New Testament exegesis and Bible revision.
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C.
A. C. Blyth
A. C. Blyth was a British zoologist and curator noted for his pioneering work in Indian ornithology and mammalogy in the 19th century.
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D.
F. W. Maitland
F. W. Maitland was a preeminent English legal historian whose pioneering work on medieval English law profoundly shaped the modern study of legal history.
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E.
Sivanath Sastri
Sivanath Sastri was a prominent 19th-century Indian social reformer, educationist, and writer closely associated with the Brahmo Samaj movement in Bengal.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.