Torsten Hägerstrand
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Torsten Hägerstrand was a Swedish geographer renowned for pioneering time-geography and influential research on the diffusion of innovations.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Torsten Hägerstrand canonical | 4 |
| Professor Torsten Hägerstrand | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1510282 — 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: Torsten Hägerstrand Context triple: [Uppsala University, hasNotableAlumnus, Torsten Hägerstrand]
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A.
Julian Steward
Julian Steward was an American anthropologist best known for developing the theory of cultural ecology, which examined how cultures adapt to their environments.
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B.
Alfred Weber
Alfred Weber was a German economist and sociologist known for his work on industrial location theory and cultural history, and as the younger brother of sociologist Max Weber.
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C.
Kirkpatrick Durham
Kirkpatrick Durham is a village and civil parish in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, historically associated with the parish of Kirkpatrick.
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D.
Gunnar Myrdal
Gunnar Myrdal was a Swedish economist and sociologist renowned for his work on the welfare state, economic theory, and race relations, and for being a co-recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.
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E.
Alfred W. Crosby
Alfred W. Crosby was an American environmental historian whose influential work on ecological and cultural consequences of European expansion helped establish the field of environmental history.
- 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: Torsten Hägerstrand Target entity description: Torsten Hägerstrand was a Swedish geographer renowned for pioneering time-geography and influential research on the diffusion of innovations.
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A.
Julian Steward
Julian Steward was an American anthropologist best known for developing the theory of cultural ecology, which examined how cultures adapt to their environments.
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B.
Alfred Weber
Alfred Weber was a German economist and sociologist known for his work on industrial location theory and cultural history, and as the younger brother of sociologist Max Weber.
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C.
Kirkpatrick Durham
Kirkpatrick Durham is a village and civil parish in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, historically associated with the parish of Kirkpatrick.
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D.
Gunnar Myrdal
Gunnar Myrdal was a Swedish economist and sociologist renowned for his work on the welfare state, economic theory, and race relations, and for being a co-recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.
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E.
Alfred W. Crosby
Alfred W. Crosby was an American environmental historian whose influential work on ecological and cultural consequences of European expansion helped establish the field of environmental history.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic
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geographer ⓘ human ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Anders Retzius Medal
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Vautrin Lud Prize ⓘ Victoria Medal ⓘ
surface form:
Victoria Medal of the Royal Geographical Society
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| countryOfCitizenship | Sweden ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1916-10-11 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2004-05-04 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Lund University ⓘ |
| employer | Lund University ⓘ |
| familyName | Hägerstrand ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
diffusion of innovations
ⓘ
geography ⓘ human geography ⓘ quantitative geography ⓘ spatial analysis ⓘ time geography ⓘ |
| givenName | Torsten ⓘ |
| hasAcademicDiscipline |
regional science
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social science ⓘ |
| influenced |
activity-based travel analysis
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spatial diffusion research in geography ⓘ time-geographic approaches in human geography ⓘ |
| influencedBy | quantitative revolution in geography ⓘ |
| knownFor |
pioneering time-geography
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research on diffusion of innovations ⓘ spatial diffusion models ⓘ time-space constraints in human activity ⓘ time-space path concept ⓘ time-space prism concept ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
English
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Swedish ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities
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Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences ⓘ |
| name | Torsten Hägerstrand self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | Swedish ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Innovation Diffusion as a Spatial Process
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Time-Geography: Focus on the Corporeality of Man, Society, and Environment ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Kronoberg County
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Moheda ⓘ Sweden ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Lund
ⓘ
Skåne County ⓘ Sweden ⓘ |
| positionHeld | professor of geography at Lund University ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workLocation | Lund ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Professor Torsten Hägerstrand