Hans Selye
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Hans Selye was an endocrinologist and pioneering stress researcher best known for formulating the concept of the "general adaptation syndrome" and establishing stress as a key factor in disease.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Hans Selye canonical | 1 |
| Selye | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1388108 — 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: Hans Selye Context triple: [Claude Bernard, influenced, Hans Selye]
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A.
Walter Cannon
Walter Cannon was an American physiologist best known for coining the term "fight or flight response" and advancing the concept of homeostasis in the study of the autonomic nervous system.
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B.
Kurt Goldstein
Kurt Goldstein was a German neurologist and psychiatrist known for his holistic approach to brain function and for pioneering ideas that helped shape humanistic psychology.
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C.
Adolf Meyer
Adolf Meyer was a German architect and close collaborator of Walter Gropius, known for his role in early modernist industrial architecture and involvement with the Bauhaus movement.
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D.
Abram Hoffer
Abram Hoffer was a Canadian psychiatrist and researcher known for pioneering orthomolecular psychiatry, particularly the use of high-dose vitamins in the treatment of mental illness such as schizophrenia.
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E.
Hans Kehrl
Hans Kehrl was a German economist and industrial manager who became a prominent Nazi official involved in economic planning and armaments production during the Third Reich.
- 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: Hans Selye Target entity description: Hans Selye was an endocrinologist and pioneering stress researcher best known for formulating the concept of the "general adaptation syndrome" and establishing stress as a key factor in disease.
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A.
Walter Cannon
Walter Cannon was an American physiologist best known for coining the term "fight or flight response" and advancing the concept of homeostasis in the study of the autonomic nervous system.
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B.
Kurt Goldstein
Kurt Goldstein was a German neurologist and psychiatrist known for his holistic approach to brain function and for pioneering ideas that helped shape humanistic psychology.
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C.
Adolf Meyer
Adolf Meyer was a German architect and close collaborator of Walter Gropius, known for his role in early modernist industrial architecture and involvement with the Bauhaus movement.
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D.
Abram Hoffer
Abram Hoffer was a Canadian psychiatrist and researcher known for pioneering orthomolecular psychiatry, particularly the use of high-dose vitamins in the treatment of mental illness such as schizophrenia.
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E.
Hans Kehrl
Hans Kehrl was a German economist and industrial manager who became a prominent Nazi official involved in economic planning and armaments production during the Third Reich.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic
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endocrinologist ⓘ human ⓘ medical researcher ⓘ physician ⓘ stress researcher ⓘ |
| academicDegree |
MD
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PhD ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Gairdner Foundation International Award
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Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research ⓘ
surface form:
Lasker Award for Medical Research
|
| citizenship |
Austro-Hungarian Empire
ⓘ
surface form:
Austria-Hungary
Canada ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth |
Austro-Hungarian Empire
ⓘ
surface form:
Austria-Hungary
|
| countryOfDeath | Canada ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1907-01-26 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1982-10-16 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Comenius University in Bratislava
ⓘ
German University in Prague ⓘ Sorbonne University ⓘ
surface form:
University of Paris
|
| employer |
McGill University
ⓘ
Université de Montréal ⓘ |
| familyName |
Hans Selye
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Selye
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| fieldOfWork |
endocrinology
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experimental medicine ⓘ pathophysiology ⓘ stress research ⓘ |
| givenName | Hans ⓘ |
| hasResearchSubject |
adaptation to stress
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adrenal cortex ⓘ hormones ⓘ stress ⓘ |
| influenced |
modern stress research
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psychoneuroendocrinology ⓘ psychosomatic medicine ⓘ |
| knownFor |
concept of biological stress
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general adaptation syndrome ⓘ research on stress and disease ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
English
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French ⓘ German ⓘ |
| movement | biomedical model of stress ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Stress in Health and Disease
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The Stress of Life ⓘ The Stress of Life (1956 book) ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Vienna ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Montreal ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| theory |
general adaptation syndrome
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stress as a nonspecific response of the body to any demand ⓘ |
| workLocation | Montreal ⓘ |
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Subject: Hans Selye Description of subject: Hans Selye was an endocrinologist and pioneering stress researcher best known for formulating the concept of the "general adaptation syndrome" and establishing stress as a key factor in disease.
Referenced by (2)
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this entity surface form:
Selye