Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz
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Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz was an American educator and naturalist, co-founder and first president of Radcliffe College, known for her influential role in advancing women's higher education in the 19th century.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T173045 — 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: Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz Context triple: [Blaschka Glass Models of Plants, fundedBy, Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz]
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A.
Franziska Boas
Franziska Boas was an American modern dancer, percussionist, and dance educator known for integrating anthropology, improvisation, and social activism into her work.
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B.
Lucile Salter Packard
Lucile Salter Packard was an American philanthropist and children’s health advocate whose legacy includes the founding of the Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford.
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C.
Louis Agassiz
Louis Agassiz was a 19th-century Swiss-American naturalist and geologist known for his pioneering work on glaciation and influential but controversial views on biology and race.
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D.
Mary Horner Lyell
Mary Horner Lyell was a 19th-century British conchologist and scientific illustrator who collaborated closely with her geologist husband Charles Lyell on his research and travels.
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E.
Elizabeth Darwin
Elizabeth Darwin is a member of the Darwin family, likely a descendant or relative of the naturalist Charles Darwin.
- 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: Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz Target entity description: Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz was an American educator and naturalist, co-founder and first president of Radcliffe College, known for her influential role in advancing women's higher education in the 19th century.
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A.
Franziska Boas
Franziska Boas was an American modern dancer, percussionist, and dance educator known for integrating anthropology, improvisation, and social activism into her work.
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B.
Lucile Salter Packard
Lucile Salter Packard was an American philanthropist and children’s health advocate whose legacy includes the founding of the Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford.
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C.
Louis Agassiz
Louis Agassiz was a 19th-century Swiss-American naturalist and geologist known for his pioneering work on glaciation and influential but controversial views on biology and race.
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D.
Mary Horner Lyell
Mary Horner Lyell was a 19th-century British conchologist and scientific illustrator who collaborated closely with her geologist husband Charles Lyell on his research and travels.
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E.
Elizabeth Darwin
Elizabeth Darwin is a member of the Darwin family, likely a descendant or relative of the naturalist Charles Darwin.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American feminist
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educator ⓘ human ⓘ naturalist ⓘ |
| authorOf |
A First Lesson in Natural History
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Louis Agassiz ⓘ
surface form:
Louis Agassiz: His Life and Correspondence
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| birthName |
Elizabeth Cabot
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surface form:
Elizabeth Cabot Cary
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| coFounded |
Radcliffe College
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Society for the Collegiate Instruction of Women ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1822-12-05 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1907-06-27 ⓘ |
| describedBySource |
Encyclopaedia Britannica
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Radcliffe College historical records ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Boston private schools ⓘ |
| employer |
Harvard Annex
ⓘ
Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study ⓘ
surface form:
Radcliffe College
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| era |
19th century
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Gilded Age United States ⓘ |
| familyName |
Louis Agassiz
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surface form:
Agassiz
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| father | Thomas Graves Cary ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
education
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natural history ⓘ women’s higher education ⓘ |
| genre |
biographical writing
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scientific writing ⓘ |
| givenName | Elizabeth ⓘ |
| languagesSpokenWrittenOrSigned | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Boston intellectual community ⓘ |
| mother | Mary Perkins ⓘ |
| movement | women’s education movement ⓘ |
| notableFor |
advancing women’s access to Harvard instruction
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helping establish Radcliffe College as a coordinate institution to Harvard ⓘ |
| notableStudent | students of the Harvard Annex ⓘ |
| notableWork |
co-founding of Radcliffe College
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leadership in women’s higher education ⓘ |
| occupation |
college president
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educator ⓘ naturalist ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Boston, Massachusetts
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surface form:
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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| placeOfDeath |
Arlington, Massachusetts
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surface form:
Arlington Heights, Massachusetts, United States
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| positionHeld |
president of Radcliffe College
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president of the Society for the Collegiate Instruction of Women ⓘ |
| religion | Unitarianism ⓘ |
| residence |
Cambridge, Massachusetts
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surface form:
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
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| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| spouse | Louis Agassiz ⓘ |
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