Robert Whitaker
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Robert Whitaker is an American journalist and author best known for his critical books on psychiatry and the pharmaceutical industry, including "Mad in America" and "Anatomy of an Epidemic."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Robert Whitaker canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21671561 — 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: Robert Whitaker Context triple: [Whitaker, hasNotableBearer, Robert Whitaker]
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A.
Patrick J. Tierney
Patrick J. Tierney is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a significant bearer of the surname Tierney, though specific widely known public details about him are not clearly established.
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B.
Charles Murray Cathcart
Charles Murray Cathcart was a British military officer and colonial administrator whose service in Canada led to landmarks such as Cathcart Tower being named in his honor.
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C.
Robert Mindell
Robert Mindell is best known as the husband of American film and radio actress Rochelle Hudson.
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D.
David Whitaker
David Whitaker was an English composer, arranger, and conductor known for his orchestral film scores and collaborations with prominent pop and rock artists in the 1960s and 1970s.
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E.
David Whitaker
David Whitaker was a British television writer and script editor best known as the first story editor of the long-running science fiction series Doctor Who.
- 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: Robert Whitaker Target entity description: Robert Whitaker is an American journalist and author best known for his critical books on psychiatry and the pharmaceutical industry, including "Mad in America" and "Anatomy of an Epidemic."
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A.
Patrick J. Tierney
Patrick J. Tierney is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a significant bearer of the surname Tierney, though specific widely known public details about him are not clearly established.
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B.
Charles Murray Cathcart
Charles Murray Cathcart was a British military officer and colonial administrator whose service in Canada led to landmarks such as Cathcart Tower being named in his honor.
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C.
Robert Mindell
Robert Mindell is best known as the husband of American film and radio actress Rochelle Hudson.
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D.
David Whitaker
David Whitaker was an English composer, arranger, and conductor known for his orchestral film scores and collaborations with prominent pop and rock artists in the 1960s and 1970s.
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E.
David Whitaker
David Whitaker was a British television writer and script editor best known as the first story editor of the long-running science fiction series Doctor Who.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.