Feynman Professor of Theoretical Physics at Caltech

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academic position endowed chair

The Feynman Professor of Theoretical Physics at Caltech is a prestigious endowed chair in theoretical physics held by leading researchers such as gravitational physicist Kip Thorne.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Feynman Professor of Theoretical Physics at Caltech canonical	3
Feynman Professor of Theoretical Physics	1
Feynman Professorship of Theoretical Physics	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2228088 — 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: Feynman Professor of Theoretical Physics at Caltech
Context triple: [Kip Thorne, positionHeld, Feynman Professor of Theoretical Physics at Caltech]

A. MacAdams Professor of Physics at UC Berkeley
The MacAdams Professor of Physics at UC Berkeley is an endowed faculty chair in the University of California, Berkeley’s physics department, held by theoretical physicist Hitoshi Murayama.
B. Higgins Professor of Physics at Harvard University
The Higgins Professor of Physics at Harvard University is a prestigious endowed chair in the university’s physics department, historically associated with leading theoretical physicists such as Nobel laureate Sheldon Glashow.
C. Herman Feshbach Professor of Physics at MIT
The Herman Feshbach Professor of Physics at MIT is a prestigious endowed chair in the MIT Department of Physics, named in honor of theoretical physicist Herman Feshbach and held by leading researchers in the field.
D. Institute Professor at MIT
Institute Professor at MIT is the highest faculty rank at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, reserved for a small number of exceptionally distinguished scholars recognized for outstanding contributions to their fields.
E. Balkanski Professor of Physics and Applied Physics at Harvard University
Eric Mazur is a Dutch-American physicist and educator renowned for pioneering peer instruction and innovative teaching methods in university physics education.
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: Feynman Professor of Theoretical Physics at Caltech
Target entity description: The Feynman Professor of Theoretical Physics at Caltech is a prestigious endowed chair in theoretical physics held by leading researchers such as gravitational physicist Kip Thorne.

A. MacAdams Professor of Physics at UC Berkeley
The MacAdams Professor of Physics at UC Berkeley is an endowed faculty chair in the University of California, Berkeley’s physics department, held by theoretical physicist Hitoshi Murayama.
B. Higgins Professor of Physics at Harvard University
The Higgins Professor of Physics at Harvard University is a prestigious endowed chair in the university’s physics department, historically associated with leading theoretical physicists such as Nobel laureate Sheldon Glashow.
C. Herman Feshbach Professor of Physics at MIT
The Herman Feshbach Professor of Physics at MIT is a prestigious endowed chair in the MIT Department of Physics, named in honor of theoretical physicist Herman Feshbach and held by leading researchers in the field.
D. Institute Professor at MIT
Institute Professor at MIT is the highest faculty rank at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, reserved for a small number of exceptionally distinguished scholars recognized for outstanding contributions to their fields.
E. Balkanski Professor of Physics and Applied Physics at Harvard University
Eric Mazur is a Dutch-American physicist and educator renowned for pioneering peer instruction and innovative teaching methods in university physics education.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (13)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	academic position ⓘ endowed chair ⓘ
academicDiscipline	physics ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
employer	California Institute of Technology ⓘ
field	gravitational physics ⓘ theoretical physics ⓘ
locatedInInstitution	California Institute of Technology ⓘ
namedAfter	Richard Feynman ⓘ
position	Feynman Professor of Theoretical Physics at Caltech self-linksurface differs ⓘ
positionHeldBy	Kip Thorne ⓘ
shortName	Feynman Professor of Theoretical Physics at Caltech self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Feynman Professor of Theoretical Physics Feynman Professor of Theoretical Physics at Caltech self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Feynman Professorship of Theoretical Physics

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kip Thorne → positionHeld → Feynman Professor of Theoretical Physics at Caltech ⓘ

Feynman Professor of Theoretical Physics at Caltech → shortName → Feynman Professor of Theoretical Physics at Caltech self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Feynman Professor of Theoretical Physics

Feynman Professor of Theoretical Physics at Caltech → shortName → Feynman Professor of Theoretical Physics at Caltech self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Feynman Professorship of Theoretical Physics

Feynman Professor of Theoretical Physics at Caltech → position → Feynman Professor of Theoretical Physics at Caltech self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Kip Thorne

Kip → positionHeld → Feynman Professor of Theoretical Physics at Caltech ⓘ