Robert Joseph Pershing Foster
E184722
Robert Joseph Pershing Foster was an African American physician whose migration from the Jim Crow South to California is one of the key personal narratives chronicled in Isabel Wilkerson’s book *The Warmth of Other Suns*.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Robert Joseph Pershing Foster canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1315907 — 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: Robert Joseph Pershing Foster Context triple: [The Warmth of Other Suns, centralFigure, Robert Joseph Pershing Foster]
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A.
William Tilden Blodgett
William Tilden Blodgett was a 19th-century American art collector and civic leader who played a key role in establishing New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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B.
John Foster Archbold
John Foster Archbold was the son of American oil magnate and Standard Oil executive John Dustin Archbold.
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C.
Charles Allerton Coolidge
Charles Allerton Coolidge was a prominent American architect of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, known for his influential role in the firm Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge and for helping shape major institutional and civic buildings in the United States.
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D.
Peter Hardeman Burnett
Peter Hardeman Burnett was an American politician and lawyer who became the first elected civilian governor of California after it gained statehood in 1850.
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E.
Harry Fielding Reid
Harry Fielding Reid was an American geophysicist best known for formulating the elastic rebound theory that explains the mechanics of earthquakes.
- 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: Robert Joseph Pershing Foster Target entity description: Robert Joseph Pershing Foster was an African American physician whose migration from the Jim Crow South to California is one of the key personal narratives chronicled in Isabel Wilkerson’s book *The Warmth of Other Suns*.
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A.
William Tilden Blodgett
William Tilden Blodgett was a 19th-century American art collector and civic leader who played a key role in establishing New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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B.
John Foster Archbold
John Foster Archbold was the son of American oil magnate and Standard Oil executive John Dustin Archbold.
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C.
Charles Allerton Coolidge
Charles Allerton Coolidge was a prominent American architect of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, known for his influential role in the firm Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge and for helping shape major institutional and civic buildings in the United States.
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D.
Peter Hardeman Burnett
Peter Hardeman Burnett was an American politician and lawyer who became the first elected civilian governor of California after it gained statehood in 1850.
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E.
Harry Fielding Reid
Harry Fielding Reid was an American geophysicist best known for formulating the elastic rebound theory that explains the mechanics of earthquakes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (15)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
African American
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person ⓘ physician ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| ethnicity | African American ⓘ |
| featuredIn |
The Warmth of Other Suns
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surface form:
"The Warmth of Other Suns"
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| hasAuthorOfAccount | Isabel Wilkerson ⓘ |
| migratedTo |
California, United States
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surface form:
California
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| notableFor |
being a central figure in Isabel Wilkerson’s book "The Warmth of Other Suns"
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migration from the Jim Crow South to California ⓘ |
| occupation | physician ⓘ |
| partOf |
Great Migration of African Americans out of the region
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surface form:
Great Migration (United States)
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| placeOfOrigin |
Jim Crow laws
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surface form:
Jim Crow South
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| subjectOf | narrative in "The Warmth of Other Suns" ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Jim Crow laws
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surface form:
Jim Crow era in the United States
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Robert Joseph Pershing Foster Description of subject: Robert Joseph Pershing Foster was an African American physician whose migration from the Jim Crow South to California is one of the key personal narratives chronicled in Isabel Wilkerson’s book *The Warmth of Other Suns*.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.