Gabriel A. Almond

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academic author person political scientist

Gabriel A. Almond was an influential American political scientist known for his pioneering work in comparative politics and political culture.

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Label	Occurrences
Gabriel A. Almond canonical	10
Philip E. Converse	1

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Target entity: Gabriel A. Almond
Context triple: [Merriam Award, notableRecipient, Gabriel A. Almond]

A. Robert A. Dahl
Robert A. Dahl was a highly influential American political scientist best known for his work on pluralist democracy and theories of political power.
B. Samuel P. Huntington
Samuel P. Huntington was an influential American political scientist best known for his theories on civil-military relations, political order, and the "clash of civilizations."
C. Samuel Huntington
Samuel Huntington was an American statesman, jurist, and signer of the Declaration of Independence who played a key leadership role in the early United States government.
D. Robert O. Keohane
Robert O. Keohane is a prominent American political scientist best known for his influential work on international relations theory, particularly neoliberal institutionalism and the role of international institutions in global governance.
E. Gary King
Gary King is a prominent American political scientist and quantitative methodologist at Harvard University, known for his influential work in statistical methods for social science research.
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: Gabriel A. Almond
Target entity description: Gabriel A. Almond was an influential American political scientist known for his pioneering work in comparative politics and political culture.

A. Robert A. Dahl
Robert A. Dahl was a highly influential American political scientist best known for his work on pluralist democracy and theories of political power.
B. Samuel P. Huntington
Samuel P. Huntington was an influential American political scientist best known for his theories on civil-military relations, political order, and the "clash of civilizations."
C. Samuel Huntington
Samuel Huntington was an American statesman, jurist, and signer of the Declaration of Independence who played a key leadership role in the early United States government.
D. Robert O. Keohane
Robert O. Keohane is a prominent American political scientist best known for his influential work on international relations theory, particularly neoliberal institutionalism and the role of international institutions in global governance.
E. Gary King
Gary King is a prominent American political scientist and quantitative methodologist at Harvard University, known for his influential work in statistical methods for social science research.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	academic ⓘ author ⓘ person ⓘ political scientist ⓘ
academicDegree	PhD in political science ⓘ
awardReceived	James Madison Award ⓘ Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science ⓘ
coAuthor	G. Bingham Powell Jr. ⓘ Sidney Verba ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1911-01-12 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	2002-12-25 ⓘ
educatedAt	University of Chicago ⓘ
employer	Brookings Institution ⓘ Princeton University ⓘ Stanford University ⓘ Yale University ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Jewish Americans ⓘ
fieldOfWork	comparative politics ⓘ international politics ⓘ political culture ⓘ political science ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
influenced	comparative politics as a discipline ⓘ study of democratization ⓘ
influencedBy	Talcott Parsons ⓘ
knownFor	development of structural-functionalism in comparative politics ⓘ developmental approach to comparative politics ⓘ pioneering work on political culture ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
memberOf	American Political Science Association ⓘ
notableIdea	parochial, subject, and participant political cultures ⓘ
notableWork	Comparative Politics: A Developmental Approach ⓘ The American People and Foreign Policy ⓘ The Appeals of Communism ⓘ The Civic Culture ⓘ
occupation	researcher ⓘ university professor ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ surface form: Chicago Illinois ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
placeOfDeath	California, United States ⓘ surface form: California Pacific Grove, California ⓘ surface form: Pacific Grove United States of America ⓘ
positionHeld	president of the American Political Science Association ⓘ professor of political science ⓘ
theoreticalContribution	classification of political systems by culture types ⓘ concept of political culture ⓘ structural-functional analysis of political systems ⓘ

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

Merriam Award from the American Political Science Association → notableRecipient → Gabriel A. Almond ⓘ

subject surface form: Merriam Award

James Madison Award → notableRecipient → Gabriel A. Almond ⓘ

The Civic Culture → author → Gabriel A. Almond ⓘ

Comparative Politics: A Developmental Approach → hasAuthor → Gabriel A. Almond ⓘ

The Appeals of Communism → author → Gabriel A. Almond ⓘ

The Appeals of Communism → hasAuthor → Gabriel A. Almond ⓘ

The Appeals of Communism → workOf → Gabriel A. Almond ⓘ

The American People and Foreign Policy → author → Gabriel A. Almond ⓘ

The American People and Foreign Policy → hasAuthor → Gabriel A. Almond ⓘ

The American Voter → author → Gabriel A. Almond ⓘ

this entity surface form: Philip E. Converse

G. Bingham Powell Jr. → coAuthor → Gabriel A. Almond ⓘ

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