James Henry Breasted
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James Henry Breasted was an influential American archaeologist and historian who helped establish Egyptology as a formal academic discipline in the United States and founded the Oriental Institute at the University of Chicago.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| James Henry Breasted canonical | 3 |
| Breasted | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2433563 — 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: James Henry Breasted Context triple: [Egyptology, hasKeyFigure, James Henry Breasted]
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A.
Gilbert Durant
Gilbert Durant was a French philosopher and anthropologist best known for his influential work on the theory of symbols and the anthropology of the imagination.
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B.
Sylvanus G. Morley
Sylvanus G. Morley was an American archaeologist and epigrapher renowned for his pioneering research on Maya civilization and hieroglyphic writing.
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C.
Judah Magnes
Judah Magnes was an American Reform rabbi, pacifist, and Zionist leader who became the first chancellor and later president of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and advocated a binational Jewish-Arab state in Palestine.
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D.
Vere Gordon Childe
Vere Gordon Childe was an influential Australian archaeologist and prehistorian best known for his theories on the Neolithic and Urban Revolutions and his excavations of key prehistoric sites in Europe.
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E.
Alfred Marston Tozzer
Alfred Marston Tozzer was an American anthropologist and archaeologist known for his pioneering work on Mayan civilization and his long association with Harvard University.
- 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: James Henry Breasted Target entity description: James Henry Breasted was an influential American archaeologist and historian who helped establish Egyptology as a formal academic discipline in the United States and founded the Oriental Institute at the University of Chicago.
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A.
Gilbert Durant
Gilbert Durant was a French philosopher and anthropologist best known for his influential work on the theory of symbols and the anthropology of the imagination.
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B.
Sylvanus G. Morley
Sylvanus G. Morley was an American archaeologist and epigrapher renowned for his pioneering research on Maya civilization and hieroglyphic writing.
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C.
Judah Magnes
Judah Magnes was an American Reform rabbi, pacifist, and Zionist leader who became the first chancellor and later president of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and advocated a binational Jewish-Arab state in Palestine.
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D.
Vere Gordon Childe
Vere Gordon Childe was an influential Australian archaeologist and prehistorian best known for his theories on the Neolithic and Urban Revolutions and his excavations of key prehistoric sites in Europe.
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E.
Alfred Marston Tozzer
Alfred Marston Tozzer was an American anthropologist and archaeologist known for his pioneering work on Mayan civilization and his long association with Harvard University.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Egyptologist
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archaeologist ⓘ historian ⓘ human ⓘ |
| academicDegree | PhD in Egyptology ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
Rockford, Illinois
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surface form:
Rockford, Illinois, United States
|
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1865-08-27 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1935-12-02 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Northwestern University
ⓘ
Humboldt University of Berlin ⓘ
surface form:
University of Berlin
Yale University ⓘ |
| employer | University of Chicago ⓘ |
| era |
early 20th century
ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ |
| familyName |
James Henry Breasted
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Breasted
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| fieldOfWork |
Egyptology
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ancient Near Eastern history ⓘ archaeology ⓘ |
| founded |
Oriental Institute Museum
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surface form:
Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago
|
| givenName | James ⓘ |
| hasOccupation |
author
ⓘ
university professor ⓘ |
| influenced |
development of Egyptology in North America
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modern study of the ancient Near East ⓘ |
| knownFor |
founding the Oriental Institute at the University of Chicago
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helping establish Egyptology as an academic discipline in the United States ⓘ translations of ancient Egyptian texts ⓘ |
| languageSpokenWritten |
English
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German ⓘ ancient Egyptian ⓘ |
| memberOf | American Historical Association ⓘ |
| middleName | Henry ⓘ |
| name | James Henry Breasted self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A History of Egypt
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Ancient Records of Egypt ⓘ Ancient Times: A History of the Early World ⓘ The Dawn of Conscience ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Rockford, Illinois
ⓘ
surface form:
Rockford, Illinois, United States
|
| placeOfDeath |
New York City
ⓘ
surface form:
New York City, New York, United States
|
| positionHeld |
Director of the Oriental Institute
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Professor of Egyptology and Oriental History at the University of Chicago ⓘ |
| religion |
Protestant Christianity
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surface form:
Protestantism
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| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workLocation | Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ |
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Referenced by (4)
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this entity surface form:
Breasted