Jeremy Belknap
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Jeremy Belknap was an American clergyman and historian best known for his pioneering historical writings on New Hampshire and for helping to establish organized historical scholarship in the United States.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Jeremy Belknap canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2109601 — 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: Jeremy Belknap Context triple: [Massachusetts Historical Society, founder, Jeremy Belknap]
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Benjamin Winthrop
Benjamin Winthrop was an early American financier known for being among the original New York brokers who helped lay the foundations of what became the New York Stock Exchange.
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Nathaniel Peabody
Nathaniel Peabody was a 19th-century American dentist and the patriarch of the Peabody family, known as the father of artist and writer Sophia Peabody Hawthorne.
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C.
Jabez Howland
Jabez Howland was a colonial New England settler and son of Mayflower passenger John Howland, known for owning one of the oldest surviving houses in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
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FitzWilliam Sargent
FitzWilliam Sargent was the father of renowned American expatriate portrait painter John Singer Sargent.
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James R. Osgood
James R. Osgood was a prominent 19th-century American publisher known for his influential role in the Boston literary scene and for publishing works by major authors of his time.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Jeremy Belknap Target entity description: Jeremy Belknap was an American clergyman and historian best known for his pioneering historical writings on New Hampshire and for helping to establish organized historical scholarship in the United States.
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A.
Benjamin Winthrop
Benjamin Winthrop was an early American financier known for being among the original New York brokers who helped lay the foundations of what became the New York Stock Exchange.
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B.
Nathaniel Peabody
Nathaniel Peabody was a 19th-century American dentist and the patriarch of the Peabody family, known as the father of artist and writer Sophia Peabody Hawthorne.
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C.
Jabez Howland
Jabez Howland was a colonial New England settler and son of Mayflower passenger John Howland, known for owning one of the oldest surviving houses in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
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D.
FitzWilliam Sargent
FitzWilliam Sargent was the father of renowned American expatriate portrait painter John Singer Sargent.
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E.
James R. Osgood
James R. Osgood was a prominent 19th-century American publisher known for his influential role in the Boston literary scene and for publishing works by major authors of his time.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American Congregational minister
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American historian ⓘ clergyman ⓘ historian ⓘ human ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
Boston, Massachusetts
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surface form:
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1744-06-04 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1798-06-20 ⓘ |
| describedAs | pioneer of critical historical writing in the United States ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Harvard University
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surface form:
Harvard College
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| fieldOfWork |
American biography
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New England history ⓘ |
| founded | Massachusetts Historical Society ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre |
biography
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history ⓘ |
| hasPartInWork |
History of New Hampshire, Volume I
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History of New Hampshire ⓘ
surface form:
History of New Hampshire, Volume II
History of New Hampshire ⓘ
surface form:
History of New Hampshire, Volume III
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| influenced | development of state and local history in the United States ⓘ |
| knownFor |
helping to establish organized historical scholarship in the United States
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pioneering historical writings on New Hampshire ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Massachusetts Historical Society ⓘ |
| movement | early American historical scholarship ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | English ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A Discourse Intended to Commemorate the Discovery of America by Christopher Columbus
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American Biography ⓘ History of New Hampshire ⓘ |
| occupation |
Congregational minister
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clergyman ⓘ historian ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Boston, Massachusetts
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surface form:
Boston, Province of Massachusetts Bay
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| placeOfDeath |
Boston, Massachusetts
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surface form:
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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| positionHeld |
pastor of a Congregational church in Dover, New Hampshire
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pastor of the Federal Street Church in Boston ⓘ |
| religion | Congregationalism ⓘ |
| usedMethod | critical use of primary sources in historical writing ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Boston, Massachusetts
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Dover, New Hampshire ⓘ |
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