Horatio Bottomley
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Horatio Bottomley was a flamboyant British financier, journalist, and politician notorious for his role in major financial scandals in the early 20th century.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Horatio Bottomley canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2241105 — 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: Horatio Bottomley Context triple: [Financial Times, founder, Horatio Bottomley]
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A.
Cyril Proudbottom
Cyril Proudbottom is a comical, carefree horse character from Disney’s animated adaptation of "The Wind in the Willows" segment in *The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad*.
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B.
Ralph Milbanke
Ralph Milbanke was a British aristocrat and member of the Milbanke family, notable as the father of Annabella Milbanke, the wife of poet Lord Byron.
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C.
Rupert Psmith
Rupert Psmith is a witty, impeccably dressed, and verbally flamboyant young Englishman who stars in several humorous P. G. Wodehouse stories.
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D.
Mr. Bedford
Mr. Bedford is the pragmatic, often self-interested narrator and businessman who accompanies the eccentric scientist Cavor to the Moon in H. G. Wells’s science fiction novel "The First Men in the Moon."
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E.
Charles Jervas
Charles Jervas was an Irish portrait painter and translator of Cervantes who became a prominent figure in early 18th-century London’s artistic and literary circles.
- 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: Horatio Bottomley Target entity description: Horatio Bottomley was a flamboyant British financier, journalist, and politician notorious for his role in major financial scandals in the early 20th century.
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A.
Cyril Proudbottom
Cyril Proudbottom is a comical, carefree horse character from Disney’s animated adaptation of "The Wind in the Willows" segment in *The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad*.
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B.
Ralph Milbanke
Ralph Milbanke was a British aristocrat and member of the Milbanke family, notable as the father of Annabella Milbanke, the wife of poet Lord Byron.
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C.
Rupert Psmith
Rupert Psmith is a witty, impeccably dressed, and verbally flamboyant young Englishman who stars in several humorous P. G. Wodehouse stories.
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D.
Mr. Bedford
Mr. Bedford is the pragmatic, often self-interested narrator and businessman who accompanies the eccentric scientist Cavor to the Moon in H. G. Wells’s science fiction novel "The First Men in the Moon."
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E.
Charles Jervas
Charles Jervas was an Irish portrait painter and translator of Cervantes who became a prominent figure in early 18th-century London’s artistic and literary circles.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
financier
ⓘ
human ⓘ journalist ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | illness ⓘ |
| convictedOf |
embezzlement
ⓘ
fraud ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United Kingdom
ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1860-03-23 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1933-05-26 ⓘ |
| describedBySource |
Dictionary of National Biography
ⓘ
surface form:
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
|
| educatedAt | orphanage school in London ⓘ |
| electoralDistrict |
Hackney South and Shoreditch
ⓘ
surface form:
Hackney South
|
| familyName | Bottomley ⓘ |
| founded | John Bull (magazine) ⓘ |
| genre |
financial journalism
ⓘ
political journalism ⓘ |
| givenName | Horatio ⓘ |
| hasCause | major financial scandals in early 20th century Britain ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Independent Parliamentary Group
ⓘ
Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Ponzi-style investment schemes
ⓘ
financial fraud ⓘ oratorical skills ⓘ populist political style ⓘ role in major financial scandals in the early 20th century ⓘ sensationalist journalism ⓘ war bond promotion during World War I ⓘ |
| notableWork | John Bull (magazine) ⓘ |
| occupation |
financier
ⓘ
journalist ⓘ newspaper editor ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| parliamentaryTerm |
UK Parliament 1906–1910
ⓘ
UK Parliament 1918–1922 ⓘ |
| participatedIn | World War I home-front propaganda ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Bethnal Green
ⓘ
London, England ⓘ
surface form:
London
|
| placeOfDeath |
Fleet Prison
ⓘ
London, England ⓘ
surface form:
London
|
| positionHeld | Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| residence |
London, England
ⓘ
surface form:
London
|
| sentence | 7 years imprisonment ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Horatio Bottomley Description of subject: Horatio Bottomley was a flamboyant British financier, journalist, and politician notorious for his role in major financial scandals in the early 20th century.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.