Sir Thomas Dewar
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Sir Thomas Dewar was a prominent Scottish whisky distiller, businessman, and philanthropist, best known as a co-founder of the Dewar's Scotch whisky brand and for his public and charitable contributions in early 20th-century Britain.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lord Dewar | 1 |
| Sir Thomas Dewar canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3668592 — 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: Sir Thomas Dewar Context triple: [Sheriff of London Charity Shield, trophyDonatedBy, Sir Thomas Dewar]
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Sir Coutts Lindsay
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Thomas Urquhart
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Robert Heriot Barclay
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- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Sir Thomas Dewar Target entity description: Sir Thomas Dewar was a prominent Scottish whisky distiller, businessman, and philanthropist, best known as a co-founder of the Dewar's Scotch whisky brand and for his public and charitable contributions in early 20th-century Britain.
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A.
Sir William Crichton
Sir William Crichton was a 15th-century Scottish statesman and power broker who served as Lord Chancellor of Scotland and played a central role in the ruthless political intrigues of the minority reign of James II.
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B.
Sir Malcolm Murray
Sir Malcolm Murray is a fictional Victorian-era explorer and aristocrat who serves as a central character in the horror drama television series "Penny Dreadful."
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C.
Sir Coutts Lindsay
Sir Coutts Lindsay was a 19th-century British aristocrat, painter, and art patron best known for establishing an influential alternative exhibition space to the Royal Academy in London.
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D.
Thomas Urquhart
Thomas Urquhart was a 17th-century Scottish writer, translator, and eccentric known for his elaborate prose and early English translation of Rabelais.
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E.
Robert Heriot Barclay
Robert Heriot Barclay was a British Royal Navy officer best known for leading the outnumbered British squadron against Oliver Hazard Perry’s forces during the War of 1812.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Scottish person
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businessperson ⓘ human ⓘ philanthropist ⓘ whisky distiller ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1864-01-06 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Perth, Scotland ⓘ |
| burialPlace | London, England ⓘ |
| businessRegion |
British Empire
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United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| causeOfDeath | illness ⓘ |
| coFounded |
Dewar’s
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surface form:
Dewar's
|
| countryOfCitizenship |
Scotland
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United Kingdom ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1930-04-11 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Scottish ⓘ |
| familyName | Dewar ⓘ |
| givenName |
Robert
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Thomas ⓘ |
| honorificPrefix | Sir ⓘ |
| industry | Scotch whisky ⓘ |
| knownFor |
expanding Dewar's whisky internationally
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innovative advertising of Scotch whisky ⓘ public and charitable contributions in early 20th-century Britain ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Dewar's Scotch whisky brand
ⓘ
surface form:
Dewar's whisky company
|
| name |
Thomas Dewar
ⓘ
surface form:
Thomas Robert Dewar
|
| nobleTitle | Baron Dewar ⓘ |
| notableWork | Dewar's Scotch whisky brand ⓘ |
| occupation |
businessman
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philanthropist ⓘ politician ⓘ whisky distiller ⓘ |
| parent |
Jane Gow
ⓘ
John Dewar ⓘ
surface form:
John Dewar Sr.
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| parliament |
British Parliament
ⓘ
surface form:
Parliament of the United Kingdom
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| peerage | Peerage of the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| politicalParty | Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Member of Parliament for Tower Hamlets, St George
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director of John Dewar & Sons ⓘ |
| residence | London, England ⓘ |
| sibling |
John Dewar
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surface form:
John Dewar Jr.
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| termEnd | 1906 ⓘ |
| termStart | 1900 ⓘ |
| titleCreationDate | 1917 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Subject: Sir Thomas Dewar Description of subject: Sir Thomas Dewar was a prominent Scottish whisky distiller, businessman, and philanthropist, best known as a co-founder of the Dewar's Scotch whisky brand and for his public and charitable contributions in early 20th-century Britain.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.