August Willich
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August Willich was a 19th-century German revolutionary and former Prussian officer who became a prominent communist activist and later a Union general in the American Civil War.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| August Willich canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2817284 — 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: August Willich Context triple: [Communist League, notableMember, August Willich]
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Käthe Jerosch
Käthe Jerosch was the wife of the influential German mathematician David Hilbert and a member of the academic social circles in Göttingen in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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Franz Mehring
Franz Mehring was a German Marxist historian, journalist, and politician, known as a prominent theoretician of the socialist movement and a co-founder of the Communist Party of Germany.
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Egon Bahr
Egon Bahr was a German politician and key architect of West Germany’s Ostpolitik, the policy of détente and normalization of relations with Eastern Bloc countries during the Cold War.
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Erich Mühsam
Erich Mühsam was a German-Jewish anarchist writer, poet, and political activist known for his revolutionary activities during the Weimar Republic and his persecution and death under the Nazi regime.
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Paul Junger Witt
Paul Junger Witt was an American television and film producer best known for creating and producing popular sitcoms such as "The Golden Girls" and "Soap."
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: August Willich Target entity description: August Willich was a 19th-century German revolutionary and former Prussian officer who became a prominent communist activist and later a Union general in the American Civil War.
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A.
Käthe Jerosch
Käthe Jerosch was the wife of the influential German mathematician David Hilbert and a member of the academic social circles in Göttingen in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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B.
Franz Mehring
Franz Mehring was a German Marxist historian, journalist, and politician, known as a prominent theoretician of the socialist movement and a co-founder of the Communist Party of Germany.
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C.
Egon Bahr
Egon Bahr was a German politician and key architect of West Germany’s Ostpolitik, the policy of détente and normalization of relations with Eastern Bloc countries during the Cold War.
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D.
Erich Mühsam
Erich Mühsam was a German-Jewish anarchist writer, poet, and political activist known for his revolutionary activities during the Weimar Republic and his persecution and death under the Nazi regime.
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E.
Paul Junger Witt
Paul Junger Witt was an American television and film producer best known for creating and producing popular sitcoms such as "The Golden Girls" and "Soap."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | human ⓘ |
| allegiance |
Prussia
ⓘ
Union ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Elmwood Cemetery, St. Marys, Ohio ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | stroke ⓘ |
| citizenship |
Prussia
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Prussia ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1810-11-19 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1878-01-22 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Prussian military academy
ⓘ
surface form:
Prussian Cadet Corps
|
| familyName | Willich ⓘ |
| givenName | August ⓘ |
| ideology |
communism
ⓘ
republicanism ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
ⓘ
German ⓘ |
| militaryBranch |
Prussian Army
ⓘ
Union Army ⓘ |
| militaryRank | brigadier general ⓘ |
| movement |
communism
ⓘ
revolutionary socialism ⓘ |
| name | August Willich self-link ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being a former Prussian officer turned communist revolutionary
ⓘ
being a radical opponent of Karl Marx within the communist movement ⓘ |
| notableWork |
command of German regiments in the Union Army
ⓘ
leadership of German revolutionary forces in 1848–1849 ⓘ |
| occupation |
Union Army general
ⓘ
communist activist ⓘ military officer ⓘ newspaper editor ⓘ revolutionary ⓘ trade unionist ⓘ |
| participantIn |
American Civil War
ⓘ
Atlanta Campaign ⓘ
surface form:
Atlanta campaign
Battle of Chickamauga ⓘ Battle of Shiloh ⓘ Battle of Stones River ⓘ Revolutions of 1848 in the German states ⓘ
surface form:
German revolutions of 1848–1849
1848 revolutions ⓘ
surface form:
Revolutions of 1848
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| placeOfBirth |
Braunsberg
ⓘ
Prussia ⓘ
surface form:
Kingdom of Prussia
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| placeOfDeath | St. Marys, Ohio ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
brigade commander in the Army of the Cumberland
ⓘ
commander of the 32nd Indiana Infantry Regiment ⓘ officer in the Prussian Army ⓘ |
| residence |
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
Cincinnati, Ohio
Indiana ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
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Subject: August Willich Description of subject: August Willich was a 19th-century German revolutionary and former Prussian officer who became a prominent communist activist and later a Union general in the American Civil War.
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