George de Hevesy
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George de Hevesy was a Hungarian radiochemist and Nobel laureate renowned for pioneering the use of radioactive isotopes as tracers in chemical and biological research.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| George de Hevesy canonical | 3 |
| George C. de Hevesy | 1 |
| György Hevesy | 1 |
| Hevesy György | 1 |
| de Hevesy | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1510246 — 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: George de Hevesy Context triple: [Uppsala University, hasNotableAlumnus, George de Hevesy]
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A.
Otto Hahn
Otto Hahn was a German chemist and Nobel laureate renowned as a pioneer of nuclear chemistry and co-discoverer of nuclear fission.
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B.
Hans Geiger
Hans Geiger was a German physicist best known for co-inventing the Geiger counter, a device for detecting and measuring ionizing radiation.
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C.
Max von Laue
Max von Laue was a German physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his discovery of X-ray diffraction in crystals, which provided crucial evidence for the wave nature of X-rays and the atomic structure of matter.
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D.
Manne Siegbahn
Manne Siegbahn was a Swedish physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work in X-ray spectroscopy and atomic physics.
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E.
Harold Urey
Harold Urey was an American physical chemist and Nobel laureate best known for discovering deuterium and contributing to theories on the origin of the Earth and solar system.
- 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: George de Hevesy Target entity description: George de Hevesy was a Hungarian radiochemist and Nobel laureate renowned for pioneering the use of radioactive isotopes as tracers in chemical and biological research.
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A.
Otto Hahn
Otto Hahn was a German chemist and Nobel laureate renowned as a pioneer of nuclear chemistry and co-discoverer of nuclear fission.
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B.
Hans Geiger
Hans Geiger was a German physicist best known for co-inventing the Geiger counter, a device for detecting and measuring ionizing radiation.
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C.
Max von Laue
Max von Laue was a German physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his discovery of X-ray diffraction in crystals, which provided crucial evidence for the wave nature of X-rays and the atomic structure of matter.
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D.
Manne Siegbahn
Manne Siegbahn was a Swedish physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work in X-ray spectroscopy and atomic physics.
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E.
Harold Urey
Harold Urey was an American physical chemist and Nobel laureate best known for discovering deuterium and contributing to theories on the origin of the Earth and solar system.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Nobel laureate in Chemistry
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chemist ⓘ human ⓘ radiochemist ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Atombaupreis
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Copley Medal ⓘ IET Faraday Medal ⓘ
surface form:
Faraday Medal
Max Planck Medal ⓘ Nobel Prize in Chemistry (through its scientists) ⓘ
surface form:
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
|
| birthName |
George de Hevesy
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
György Hevesy
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| burialPlace | Freiburg im Breisgau ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Denmark
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Hungary ⓘ Sweden ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1885-08-01 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1966-07-05 ⓘ |
| doctoralAdvisor | Gustav von Bredig NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Budapest University of Technology and Economics
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Humboldt University of Berlin ⓘ
surface form:
University of Berlin
University of Freiburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Hungarian Jews ⓘ |
| familyName |
George de Hevesy
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
de Hevesy
|
| fieldOfWork |
chemistry
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nuclear chemistry ⓘ radiochemistry ⓘ |
| givenName | George ⓘ |
| hasWork |
Szilard–Chalmers effect
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surface form:
Hevesy–Chalmers effect
radioindicator method ⓘ |
| influenced |
development of nuclear medicine
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use of tracer techniques in physiology ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
English
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German ⓘ Hungarian ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Hungarian Academy of Sciences
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Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters ⓘ Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences ⓘ |
| nativeName |
George de Hevesy
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Hevesy György
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| NobelPrizeCategory | Chemistry ⓘ |
| NobelPrizeMotivation | for his work on the use of isotopes as tracers in the study of chemical processes ⓘ |
| NobelPrizeYear | 1943 ⓘ |
| notableFor |
development of isotope tracer methodology in biology
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pioneering use of radioactive isotopes as tracers ⓘ |
| notableStudent | Erik Rudberg ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Budapest ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Freiburg im Breisgau ⓘ |
| religion |
Roman Catholicism
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surface form:
Roman Catholic Church
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| workedAt |
Niels Bohr Institute
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University of Copenhagen ⓘ University of Freiburg NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Manchester ⓘ Stockholm University ⓘ
surface form:
University of Stockholm
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: George de Hevesy Description of subject: George de Hevesy was a Hungarian radiochemist and Nobel laureate renowned for pioneering the use of radioactive isotopes as tracers in chemical and biological research.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
de Hevesy
this entity surface form:
Hevesy György
this entity surface form:
György Hevesy
this entity surface form:
George C. de Hevesy