Algernon Blackwood
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Algernon Blackwood was an English writer and occultist best known for his influential early 20th-century supernatural and weird fiction, including classic ghost and nature horror stories.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Algernon Blackwood canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T22874029 — 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: Algernon Blackwood Context triple: [The Hollow Places, inspiredByAuthor, Algernon Blackwood]
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A.
M. R. James
M. R. James was an English medievalist scholar and author renowned for his influential ghost stories that helped define the modern supernatural horror genre.
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B.
Arthur Machen
Arthur Machen was a Welsh author best known for his influential supernatural and horror fiction, particularly his fin-de-siècle tales of occultism and cosmic terror.
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C.
Lord Dunsany
Lord Dunsany was an influential early 20th-century Irish writer renowned for his pioneering high fantasy short stories and plays that deeply shaped modern fantasy literature.
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D.
Clark Ashton Smith
Clark Ashton Smith was an American writer, poet, and artist best known for his richly imaginative weird fiction and contributions to the shared universe of cosmic horror associated with H. P. Lovecraft.
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E.
Sheridan Le Fanu
Sheridan Le Fanu was a 19th-century Irish writer best known for his influential Gothic and ghost stories, including the vampire novella "Carmilla."
- 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: Algernon Blackwood Target entity description: Algernon Blackwood was an English writer and occultist best known for his influential early 20th-century supernatural and weird fiction, including classic ghost and nature horror stories.
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A.
M. R. James
M. R. James was an English medievalist scholar and author renowned for his influential ghost stories that helped define the modern supernatural horror genre.
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B.
Arthur Machen
Arthur Machen was a Welsh author best known for his influential supernatural and horror fiction, particularly his fin-de-siècle tales of occultism and cosmic terror.
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C.
Lord Dunsany
Lord Dunsany was an influential early 20th-century Irish writer renowned for his pioneering high fantasy short stories and plays that deeply shaped modern fantasy literature.
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D.
Clark Ashton Smith
Clark Ashton Smith was an American writer, poet, and artist best known for his richly imaginative weird fiction and contributions to the shared universe of cosmic horror associated with H. P. Lovecraft.
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E.
Sheridan Le Fanu
Sheridan Le Fanu was a 19th-century Irish writer best known for his influential Gothic and ghost stories, including the vampire novella "Carmilla."
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.