Alexandre Yersin
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Alexandre Yersin was a Swiss-French physician and bacteriologist best known for identifying the plague bacillus (Yersinia pestis) and contributing significantly to infectious disease research in the late 19th century.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Alexandre Yersin canonical | 8 |
| Alexandre Émile Jean Yersin | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2150968 — 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: Alexandre Yersin Context triple: [Shibasaburo Kitasato, coDiscoveredWith, Alexandre Yersin]
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A.
Émile Roux
Émile Roux was a French physician, bacteriologist, and pioneer of immunology who played a key role in developing vaccines and antitoxins, notably for diphtheria.
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B.
Camille Pasteur
Camille Pasteur was one of the children of the renowned French chemist and microbiologist Louis Pasteur.
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C.
Jean-Baptiste Pasteur
Jean-Baptiste Pasteur was one of the children of the renowned French chemist and microbiologist Louis Pasteur.
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D.
Robert Koch
Robert Koch was a pioneering German physician and microbiologist who identified the causative agents of tuberculosis, cholera, and anthrax, laying the foundations of modern bacteriology.
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E.
Louis Pasteur
Louis Pasteur was a pioneering French chemist and microbiologist whose work on germ theory, vaccination, and pasteurization revolutionized medicine and public health.
- 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: Alexandre Yersin Target entity description: Alexandre Yersin was a Swiss-French physician and bacteriologist best known for identifying the plague bacillus (Yersinia pestis) and contributing significantly to infectious disease research in the late 19th century.
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A.
Émile Roux
Émile Roux was a French physician, bacteriologist, and pioneer of immunology who played a key role in developing vaccines and antitoxins, notably for diphtheria.
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B.
Camille Pasteur
Camille Pasteur was one of the children of the renowned French chemist and microbiologist Louis Pasteur.
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C.
Jean-Baptiste Pasteur
Jean-Baptiste Pasteur was one of the children of the renowned French chemist and microbiologist Louis Pasteur.
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D.
Robert Koch
Robert Koch was a pioneering German physician and microbiologist who identified the causative agents of tuberculosis, cholera, and anthrax, laying the foundations of modern bacteriology.
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E.
Louis Pasteur
Louis Pasteur was a pioneering French chemist and microbiologist whose work on germ theory, vaccination, and pasteurization revolutionized medicine and public health.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bacteriologist
ⓘ
explorer ⓘ human ⓘ physician ⓘ scientist ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Suoi Dau, near Nha Trang, Vietnam ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
France
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Switzerland ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1863-09-22 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1943-03-01 ⓘ |
| developed | anti-plague serum ⓘ |
| discovered |
Yersinia pestis
ⓘ
plague bacillus ⓘ |
| discoveryDate | 1894 ⓘ |
| discoveryLocation |
Hong Kong, China
ⓘ
surface form:
Hong Kong
|
| educatedAt |
University of Lausanne
ⓘ
University of Marburg ⓘ La Sorbonne ⓘ
surface form:
University of Paris
|
| employer |
French shipping company Messageries Maritimes
ⓘ
surface form:
Messageries Maritimes
Institut Pasteur ⓘ
surface form:
Pasteur Institute
Pasteur Institute of Nha Trang ⓘ |
| eponymOf |
Yersinia
ⓘ
surface form:
Yersinia (bacterial genus)
Yersinia pestis ⓘ |
| familyName | Yersin ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
bacteriology
ⓘ
infectious disease ⓘ medicine ⓘ |
| fullName |
Alexandre Yersin
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Alexandre Émile Jean Yersin
|
| givenName | Alexandre ⓘ |
| hasNationality |
French
ⓘ
Swiss ⓘ |
| knownFor |
discovery of the plague bacillus
ⓘ
isolation of Yersinia pestis ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
helped establish Pasteur Institute network in Indochina
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pioneered medical research in French Indochina ⓘ |
| occupation |
agronomist
ⓘ
bacteriologist ⓘ explorer ⓘ physician ⓘ researcher ⓘ |
| participatedIn | investigation of the 1894 Hong Kong plague epidemic ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Aubonne, Vaud, Switzerland ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Nha Trang, Annam, French Indochina ⓘ |
| religion |
Protestant Christianity
ⓘ
surface form:
Protestantism
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| residence |
Nha Trang
ⓘ
surface form:
Nha Trang, Vietnam
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| studiedUnder |
Louis Pasteur
ⓘ
Émile Roux ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Nha Trang, Annam, French Indochina
ⓘ
surface form:
Nha Trang, French Indochina
Paris ⓘ
surface form:
Paris, France
Viet Nam ⓘ
surface form:
Vietnam
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Alexandre Yersin Description of subject: Alexandre Yersin was a Swiss-French physician and bacteriologist best known for identifying the plague bacillus (Yersinia pestis) and contributing significantly to infectious disease research in the late 19th century.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Shibasaburo Kitasato
this entity surface form:
Alexandre Émile Jean Yersin