Pierre-Paul Riquet
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Pierre-Paul Riquet was a 17th-century French engineer and entrepreneur best known for designing and overseeing the construction of the Canal du Midi.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Pierre-Paul Riquet canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3105911 — 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: Pierre-Paul Riquet Context triple: [Canal du Midi, architect, Pierre-Paul Riquet]
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François de la Chaise
François de la Chaise was a 17th-century French Jesuit priest and confessor to King Louis XIV, whose name was later given to Paris’s famous Père Lachaise Cemetery.
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Eustache Le Sueur
Eustache Le Sueur was a 17th-century French painter, often regarded as one of the founders of the French classical school and noted for his religious and historical works.
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Georges Valois
Georges Valois was a French political thinker and activist who evolved from syndicalism to become a pioneering figure of early French fascism in the interwar period.
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Pierre Dugua, Sieur de Mons
Pierre Dugua, Sieur de Mons was a French nobleman, merchant, and colonizer who led early 17th-century French efforts to establish permanent settlements in North America, including sponsoring expeditions that laid the foundations of New France.
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Antoine de Caux
Antoine de Caux was a military commander known for leading forces during the Siege of Acre.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Pierre-Paul Riquet Target entity description: Pierre-Paul Riquet was a 17th-century French engineer and entrepreneur best known for designing and overseeing the construction of the Canal du Midi.
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A.
François de la Chaise
François de la Chaise was a 17th-century French Jesuit priest and confessor to King Louis XIV, whose name was later given to Paris’s famous Père Lachaise Cemetery.
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B.
Eustache Le Sueur
Eustache Le Sueur was a 17th-century French painter, often regarded as one of the founders of the French classical school and noted for his religious and historical works.
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C.
Georges Valois
Georges Valois was a French political thinker and activist who evolved from syndicalism to become a pioneering figure of early French fascism in the interwar period.
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D.
Pierre Dugua, Sieur de Mons
Pierre Dugua, Sieur de Mons was a French nobleman, merchant, and colonizer who led early 17th-century French efforts to establish permanent settlements in North America, including sponsoring expeditions that laid the foundations of New France.
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E.
Antoine de Caux
Antoine de Caux was a military commander known for leading forces during the Siege of Acre.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
canal engineer
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engineer ⓘ entrepreneur ⓘ human ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Toulouse ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 17th century ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy |
Riquet metro station in Paris
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various streets named Rue Riquet in France ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of France ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1609-06-29 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1680-10-01 ⓘ |
| designed | Canal du Midi ⓘ |
| employer | French Crown ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | French ⓘ |
| familyName | Riquet ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
civil engineering
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hydraulic engineering ⓘ |
| givenName | Pierre-Paul ⓘ |
| hasMonument |
statue of Pierre-Paul Riquet in Béziers
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statue of Pierre-Paul Riquet in Toulouse ⓘ |
| hasPartIn | development of inland waterway transport in France ⓘ |
| hasWorkLocation |
Languedoc
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Occitanie ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | key figure of French engineering history ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | idea of linking the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea ⓘ |
| knownFor |
designing the Canal du Midi
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overseeing construction of the Canal du Midi ⓘ |
| livedIn |
Béziers
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Toulouse ⓘ |
| name | Pierre-Paul Riquet self-link ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | French ⓘ |
| notableWork | Canal du Midi ⓘ |
| occupation |
engineer
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entrepreneur ⓘ tax farmer ⓘ |
| oversawConstructionOf | Canal du Midi ⓘ |
| patron |
Jean-Baptiste Colbert
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Louis XIV of France ⓘ
surface form:
Louis XIV
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| placeOfBirth |
Béziers
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Kingdom of France ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Kingdom of France
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Toulouse ⓘ |
| positionHeld | tax farmer of Languedoc salt tax ⓘ |
| projectStart | construction of the Canal du Midi in the 1660s ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
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Subject: Pierre-Paul Riquet Description of subject: Pierre-Paul Riquet was a 17th-century French engineer and entrepreneur best known for designing and overseeing the construction of the Canal du Midi.
Referenced by (6)
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