Francis B. Sayre Sr.
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Francis B. Sayre Sr. was an American diplomat and legal scholar who served as U.S. High Commissioner to the Philippines and was the son-in-law of President Woodrow Wilson.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Francis B. Sayre Sr. canonical | 2 |
| Francis B. Sayre Jr. | 1 |
| Francis Bowes Sayre Sr. | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1574003 — 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.
Target entity: Francis B. Sayre Sr. Context triple: [Groton School, hasAlumni, Francis B. Sayre Sr.]
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A.
Samuel Francis Du Pont
Samuel Francis Du Pont was a 19th-century U.S. Navy rear admiral noted for his service in the Mexican–American and Civil Wars and for his influential role in modernizing the American naval fleet.
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Franklin Buchanan
Franklin Buchanan was a prominent 19th-century American naval officer who became the Confederacy’s most famous admiral, best known for commanding the ironclad CSS Virginia during the American Civil War.
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C.
Richard Dobbs Spaight
Richard Dobbs Spaight was an American Founding Father from North Carolina who signed the U.S. Constitution and later served as the state's governor and a member of Congress.
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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.
Benjamin C. Howard
Benjamin C. Howard was a 19th-century American lawyer and court reporter best known for serving as the Reporter of Decisions for the U.S. Supreme Court, where he compiled and published the official Howard Reports.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Francis B. Sayre Sr. Target entity description: Francis B. Sayre Sr. was an American diplomat and legal scholar who served as U.S. High Commissioner to the Philippines and was the son-in-law of President Woodrow Wilson.
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A.
Samuel Francis Du Pont
Samuel Francis Du Pont was a 19th-century U.S. Navy rear admiral noted for his service in the Mexican–American and Civil Wars and for his influential role in modernizing the American naval fleet.
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B.
Franklin Buchanan
Franklin Buchanan was a prominent 19th-century American naval officer who became the Confederacy’s most famous admiral, best known for commanding the ironclad CSS Virginia during the American Civil War.
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C.
Richard Dobbs Spaight
Richard Dobbs Spaight was an American Founding Father from North Carolina who signed the U.S. Constitution and later served as the state's governor and a member of Congress.
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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.
Benjamin C. Howard
Benjamin C. Howard was a 19th-century American lawyer and court reporter best known for serving as the Reporter of Decisions for the U.S. Supreme Court, where he compiled and published the official Howard Reports.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American diplomat
ⓘ
human ⓘ legal scholar ⓘ |
| academicDegree |
Bachelor of Arts
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LL.B. ⓘ |
| appointedBy |
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
ⓘ
surface form:
Franklin D. Roosevelt
|
| child | Francis B. Sayre Jr. ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1885-04-30 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1972-03-29 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Harvard Law School
ⓘ
Williams College ⓘ |
| employer | Harvard Law School ⓘ |
| familyName | Sayre ⓘ |
| fatherInLaw | Woodrow Wilson ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
international law
ⓘ
law ⓘ |
| fullName |
Francis B. Sayre Sr.
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Francis Bowes Sayre Sr.
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| givenName | Francis ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Democratic Party
ⓘ
surface form:
Democratic Party (United States)
|
| middleName | Bowes ⓘ |
| motherInLaw |
Ellen Louise Axson Wilson
ⓘ
surface form:
Ellen Axson Wilson
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| notableFor |
being son-in-law of U.S. President Woodrow Wilson
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service as U.S. High Commissioner to the Philippines ⓘ |
| notableWork |
work on international law and treaty regulation
ⓘ
writings on criminal law ⓘ |
| occupation |
diplomat
ⓘ
legal scholar ⓘ university teacher ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Philippine–United States relations
ⓘ
United States foreign policy in the interwar period ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
ⓘ
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania ⓘ
surface form:
South Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
|
| placeOfDeath | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Assistant Professor of Law at Harvard Law School
ⓘ
Assistant Secretary of State ⓘ United States High Commissioner to the Philippines ⓘ
surface form:
High Commissioner of the United States to the Philippine Islands
Professor of Law at Harvard Law School ⓘ United States High Commissioner to the Philippines ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. High Commissioner to the Philippines
United States High Commissioner to the Philippines ⓘ
surface form:
United States Commissioner to the Philippines
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| religion |
Presbyterian
ⓘ
surface form:
Presbyterianism
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| residence |
Cambridge, Massachusetts
ⓘ
Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse |
Jessie Woodrow Wilson
ⓘ
surface form:
Jessie Woodrow Wilson Sayre
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| workLocation |
Cambridge, Massachusetts
ⓘ
Manila ⓘ
surface form:
Manila, Philippines
Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
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Subject: Francis B. Sayre Sr. Description of subject: Francis B. Sayre Sr. was an American diplomat and legal scholar who served as U.S. High Commissioner to the Philippines and was the son-in-law of President Woodrow Wilson.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.