Caspar René Gregory
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Caspar René Gregory was a German-American theologian and New Testament textual critic best known for developing the Gregory–Aland numbering system for classifying Greek New Testament manuscripts.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Caspar René Gregory canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Caspar René Gregory Context triple: [Gregory–Aland numbering, namedAfter, Caspar René Gregory]
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Nicholas Aylward Vigors
Nicholas Aylward Vigors was a 19th-century Irish zoologist and politician known for his influential work in ornithology and the classification of birds.
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Henry Markham
Henry Markham was an American politician who served as the 18th governor of California from 1891 to 1895.
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Roderick Murchison
Roderick Murchison was a prominent 19th-century Scottish geologist best known for his work on the Silurian system and for helping establish modern stratigraphy.
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John Stevens Henslow
John Stevens Henslow was a 19th-century English clergyman, botanist, and geologist best known as Charles Darwin’s mentor and a pioneering botanical educator.
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Leonard Jenyns
Leonard Jenyns was a 19th-century English clergyman and naturalist known for his contributions to zoology and for declining the Beagle voyage later taken by Charles Darwin.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Caspar René Gregory Target entity description: Caspar René Gregory was a German-American theologian and New Testament textual critic best known for developing the Gregory–Aland numbering system for classifying Greek New Testament manuscripts.
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A.
Nicholas Aylward Vigors
Nicholas Aylward Vigors was a 19th-century Irish zoologist and politician known for his influential work in ornithology and the classification of birds.
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B.
Henry Markham
Henry Markham was an American politician who served as the 18th governor of California from 1891 to 1895.
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C.
Roderick Murchison
Roderick Murchison was a prominent 19th-century Scottish geologist best known for his work on the Silurian system and for helping establish modern stratigraphy.
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D.
John Stevens Henslow
John Stevens Henslow was a 19th-century English clergyman, botanist, and geologist best known as Charles Darwin’s mentor and a pioneering botanical educator.
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E.
Leonard Jenyns
Leonard Jenyns was a 19th-century English clergyman and naturalist known for his contributions to zoology and for declining the Beagle voyage later taken by Charles Darwin.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
German-American person
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New Testament textual critic ⓘ biblical scholar ⓘ manuscript classification system ⓘ theologian ⓘ |
| appliesTo | Greek New Testament manuscripts ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Leipzig ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | World War I combat ⓘ |
| citizenship |
German Empire
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United States of America ⓘ |
| conflict | World War I ⓘ |
| contributedTo | critical editions of the Greek New Testament ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | German Empire ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1846-11-06 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1917-04-09 ⓘ |
| developed |
Gregory–Aland numbering
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surface form:
Gregory–Aland numbering system
|
| educatedAt | University of Leipzig ⓘ |
| employer | University of Leipzig NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era |
19th century
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20th century ⓘ |
| familyName | Gregory ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
New Testament studies
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textual criticism ⓘ theology ⓘ |
| fullName | Caspar René Gregory self-link ⓘ |
| givenName |
Caspar
ⓘ
René ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Gregory–Aland numbering
ⓘ
surface form:
Gregory–Aland numbering system
classification of Greek New Testament manuscripts ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
English
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German ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | killed in action ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Caspar René Gregory self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| nationality |
American
ⓘ
German ⓘ |
| notableStudent | Kurt Aland ⓘ |
| notableWork | Textkritik des Neuen Testaments ⓘ |
| occupation |
New Testament textual critic
ⓘ
theologian ⓘ university professor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Philadelphia ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | near Leipzig ⓘ |
| positionHeld | professor of New Testament ⓘ |
| religion |
Protestant Christianity
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surface form:
Protestantism
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| servedIn | German Army ⓘ |
| studied |
New Testament manuscripts
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surface form:
Greek New Testament manuscripts
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