William Wetmore Story
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William Wetmore Story was a 19th-century American sculptor, art critic, and writer known for his neoclassical works and influential presence in the expatriate artistic community in Rome.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| William Wetmore Story canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2470349 — 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.
Target entity: William Wetmore Story Context triple: [Story family, hasNotableMember, William Wetmore Story]
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Olin Levi Warner
Olin Levi Warner was a prominent 19th-century American sculptor known for his portrait busts, reliefs, and architectural sculpture on major public buildings.
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George Bellas Greenough
George Bellas Greenough was a pioneering 19th-century English geologist and cartographer known for helping establish geology as a scientific discipline in Britain.
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C.
Paul Manship
Paul Manship was an American sculptor renowned for his stylized Art Deco works and mythological themes, most famously the "Prometheus" statue at Rockefeller Center.
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Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue
Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue was a prominent American architect known for his influential Gothic Revival and early modern designs, including major churches, public buildings, and monuments in the early 20th century.
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E.
Daniel Chester French
Daniel Chester French was a prominent American sculptor best known for creating the monumental seated statue of Abraham Lincoln in the Lincoln Memorial.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: William Wetmore Story Target entity description: William Wetmore Story was a 19th-century American sculptor, art critic, and writer known for his neoclassical works and influential presence in the expatriate artistic community in Rome.
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A.
Olin Levi Warner
Olin Levi Warner was a prominent 19th-century American sculptor known for his portrait busts, reliefs, and architectural sculpture on major public buildings.
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B.
George Bellas Greenough
George Bellas Greenough was a pioneering 19th-century English geologist and cartographer known for helping establish geology as a scientific discipline in Britain.
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C.
Paul Manship
Paul Manship was an American sculptor renowned for his stylized Art Deco works and mythological themes, most famously the "Prometheus" statue at Rockefeller Center.
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D.
Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue
Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue was a prominent American architect known for his influential Gothic Revival and early modern designs, including major churches, public buildings, and monuments in the early 20th century.
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E.
Daniel Chester French
Daniel Chester French was a prominent American sculptor best known for creating the monumental seated statue of Abraham Lincoln in the Lincoln Memorial.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American expatriate
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art critic ⓘ essayist ⓘ human ⓘ lawyer ⓘ poet ⓘ sculptor ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1819-02-19 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Salem, Massachusetts
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surface form:
Salem, Massachusetts, United States
|
| child |
Edith Marion Story
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Joseph Story (son of William Wetmore Story) ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1895-10-07 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Gricigliano, Italy
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surface form:
Vallombrosa, Italy
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| educatedAt |
Harvard University
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surface form:
Harvard College
Harvard Law School ⓘ |
| familyName | Story ⓘ |
| father | Joseph Story ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
art criticism
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literature ⓘ sculpture ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre |
art criticism
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essays ⓘ poetry ⓘ |
| givenName | William ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Italian Renaissance painting
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surface form:
Italian Renaissance art
classical antiquity ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | American expatriate artistic community in Rome ⓘ |
| middleName | Wetmore ⓘ |
| mother |
Sarah Waldo Wetmore
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surface form:
Sarah Waldo Wetmore Story
|
| movement | Neoclassicism ⓘ |
| name | William Wetmore Story self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableFor | neoclassical sculpture ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Angel of Grief (sculpture)
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Cleopatra (sculpture) ⓘ Medea statue ⓘ
surface form:
Medea (sculpture)
The Libyan Sibyl (sculpture) ⓘ |
| occupation |
art critic
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lawyer ⓘ sculptor ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| placeOfBurial | Protestant Cemetery, Rome ⓘ |
| residence |
Boston, Massachusetts
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surface form:
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Rome ⓘ
surface form:
Rome, Italy
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| spouse | Emelyn Eldredge Story ⓘ |
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Subject: William Wetmore Story Description of subject: William Wetmore Story was a 19th-century American sculptor, art critic, and writer known for his neoclassical works and influential presence in the expatriate artistic community in Rome.
Referenced by (4)
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