Hayden White
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Hayden White was an American historian and literary theorist best known for his work on the narrative and rhetorical structures of historical writing, especially in his influential book "Metahistory."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Hayden White canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hayden White Context triple: [Giambattista Vico, influenced, Hayden White]
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A.
Kenneth H. Jackson
Kenneth H. Jackson was a prominent 20th-century British linguist and historian renowned for his pioneering research on the history and development of the Celtic languages.
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B.
J. O. Taylor
J. O. Taylor was a cinematographer active during early Hollywood who worked on the landmark 1933 monster film "King Kong."
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C.
L. J. Burrows
L. J. Burrows is a fictional character from the television series "Prison Break," known as the teenage son of Lincoln Burrows who becomes entangled in his father's criminal troubles.
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D.
Jeremy Iggers
Jeremy Iggers is an American journalist and food critic known for his work at the Star Tribune in Minneapolis and his influential writing on ethics in restaurant reviewing.
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E.
Robert Nisbet
Robert Nisbet was a 20th-century American sociologist and conservative social theorist known for his critiques of modern individualism and the erosion of traditional communities and intermediate institutions.
- 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: Hayden White Target entity description: Hayden White was an American historian and literary theorist best known for his work on the narrative and rhetorical structures of historical writing, especially in his influential book "Metahistory."
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A.
Kenneth H. Jackson
Kenneth H. Jackson was a prominent 20th-century British linguist and historian renowned for his pioneering research on the history and development of the Celtic languages.
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B.
J. O. Taylor
J. O. Taylor was a cinematographer active during early Hollywood who worked on the landmark 1933 monster film "King Kong."
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C.
L. J. Burrows
L. J. Burrows is a fictional character from the television series "Prison Break," known as the teenage son of Lincoln Burrows who becomes entangled in his father's criminal troubles.
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D.
Jeremy Iggers
Jeremy Iggers is an American journalist and food critic known for his work at the Star Tribune in Minneapolis and his influential writing on ethics in restaurant reviewing.
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E.
Robert Nisbet
Robert Nisbet was a 20th-century American sociologist and conservative social theorist known for his critiques of modern individualism and the erosion of traditional communities and intermediate institutions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
essayist
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historian ⓘ human ⓘ literary theorist ⓘ university teacher ⓘ |
| academicDegree | PhD in history ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1928-07-12 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2018-03-05 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of Michigan
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Wayne State University ⓘ |
| employer |
Stanford University
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University of California, Los Angeles ⓘ
surface form:
UCLA
University of California, Santa Cruz ⓘ University of Rochester ⓘ Wesleyan University ⓘ |
| familyName | White ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
historiography
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literary theory ⓘ narrative theory ⓘ philosophy of history ⓘ rhetoric ⓘ |
| givenName | Hayden ⓘ |
| influenced |
cultural studies
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historiography ⓘ literary theory ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Friedrich Nietzsche
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Giambattista Vico ⓘ Rhetorical theory ⓘ structuralism ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Metahistory
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analysis of tropes in historical writing ⓘ theory of historical narrative as a form of literary emplotment ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| movement |
narrative turn in historiography
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postmodernism ⓘ |
| name | Hayden White self-link ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Figural Realism: Studies in the Mimesis Effect
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Metahistory: The Historical Imagination in Nineteenth-Century Europe ⓘ The Content of the Form: Narrative Discourse and Historical Representation ⓘ The Practical Past ⓘ Tropics of Discourse: Essays in Cultural Criticism ⓘ |
| occupation |
historian
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literary theorist ⓘ university professor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Titusville, Pennsylvania
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surface form:
Titusville, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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| placeOfDeath |
Santa Cruz, California
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surface form:
Santa Cruz, California, United States of America
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| positionHeld |
Professor of Comparative Literature at Stanford University
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Professor of the History of Consciousness at the University of California, Santa Cruz ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
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Subject: Hayden White Description of subject: Hayden White was an American historian and literary theorist best known for his work on the narrative and rhetorical structures of historical writing, especially in his influential book "Metahistory."
Referenced by (6)
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