Graham Wallas
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Graham Wallas was a British socialist, political scientist, and educationalist known for co-founding the London School of Economics and for his influential work on democratic theory and the psychology of politics.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Graham Wallas canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1479123 — 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: Graham Wallas Context triple: [London School of Economics, foundedBy, Graham Wallas]
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A.
Henry Fawcett
Henry Fawcett was a 19th-century British economist, Liberal politician, and advocate for women's education and suffrage.
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B.
Henry Marshall Tory
Henry Marshall Tory was a Canadian academic and university administrator best known for helping establish several major Canadian universities, including serving as the founding president of the University of Alberta.
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C.
Herbert Butterfield
Herbert Butterfield was a British historian and philosopher of history best known for his influential critique of teleological, progress-focused narratives in historical writing.
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D.
Arthur Capper
Arthur Capper was an American politician and newspaper publisher who served as governor of Kansas and later as a U.S. senator.
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E.
Thomas Bracken
Thomas Bracken was a 19th-century New Zealand poet and politician best known for writing the words to what became one of the country's national anthems.
- 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: Graham Wallas Target entity description: Graham Wallas was a British socialist, political scientist, and educationalist known for co-founding the London School of Economics and for his influential work on democratic theory and the psychology of politics.
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A.
Henry Fawcett
Henry Fawcett was a 19th-century British economist, Liberal politician, and advocate for women's education and suffrage.
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B.
Henry Marshall Tory
Henry Marshall Tory was a Canadian academic and university administrator best known for helping establish several major Canadian universities, including serving as the founding president of the University of Alberta.
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C.
Herbert Butterfield
Herbert Butterfield was a British historian and philosopher of history best known for his influential critique of teleological, progress-focused narratives in historical writing.
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D.
Arthur Capper
Arthur Capper was an American politician and newspaper publisher who served as governor of Kansas and later as a U.S. senator.
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E.
Thomas Bracken
Thomas Bracken was a 19th-century New Zealand poet and politician best known for writing the words to what became one of the country's national anthems.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic
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educationalist ⓘ human ⓘ political scientist ⓘ socialist ⓘ |
| birthCountry | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1858-05-31 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Sunderland ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | natural causes ⓘ |
| coFounded | London School of Economics ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1932-08-09 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Corpus Christi College, Oxford
NERFINISHED
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Shrewsbury School ⓘ |
| employer |
London County Council
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London School of Economics ⓘ |
| familyName | Wallas ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
democratic theory
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education ⓘ political psychology ⓘ political science ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Graham ⓘ |
| influenced |
democratic theory
ⓘ
political psychology ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Human Nature in Politics
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The Art of Thought ⓘ Great Society ⓘ
surface form:
The Great Society
co-founding the London School of Economics ⓘ work on democratic theory ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| livedIn |
London, England
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surface form:
London
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| memberOf | Fabian Society ⓘ |
| name | Graham Wallas self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Human Nature in Politics
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The Art of Thought ⓘ Great Society ⓘ
surface form:
The Great Society
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| occupation |
author
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political scientist ⓘ university teacher ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | socialism ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Chair of Political Science at the London School of Economics
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member of London School Board ⓘ |
| publicationDateOfWork |
1908 (Human Nature in Politics)
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1914 (The Great Society) ⓘ 1926 (The Art of Thought) ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Subject: Graham Wallas Description of subject: Graham Wallas was a British socialist, political scientist, and educationalist known for co-founding the London School of Economics and for his influential work on democratic theory and the psychology of politics.
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