Robert Finlayson Cook
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Robert Finlayson "Robin" Cook was a prominent British Labour politician who served as Foreign Secretary and became widely known for his principled resignation over the 2003 Iraq War.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Robert Finlayson Cook canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3139683 — 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: Robert Finlayson Cook Context triple: [Robin Cook, fullName, Robert Finlayson Cook]
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William Gordon Cooke
William Gordon Cooke was a 19th-century soldier and political figure notable for his service in the Texas Revolution and early Republic of Texas government.
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William Cook
William Cook was a 19th-century British poultry breeder best known for creating the Orpington chicken breed.
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Francis Cooke
Francis Cooke was an English Separatist and early Pilgrim settler who voyaged on the Mayflower and became one of the founders of Plymouth Colony in 1620.
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Francis Wallace Burns
Francis Wallace Burns was one of the sons of the famed Scottish poet Robert Burns, remembered primarily through his connection to his father's legacy.
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E.
Arthur Whitten Brown
Arthur Whitten Brown was a British aviator best known as the navigator on the first non-stop transatlantic flight in 1919 alongside pilot John Alcock.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Robert Finlayson Cook Target entity description: Robert Finlayson "Robin" Cook was a prominent British Labour politician who served as Foreign Secretary and became widely known for his principled resignation over the 2003 Iraq War.
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A.
William Gordon Cooke
William Gordon Cooke was a 19th-century soldier and political figure notable for his service in the Texas Revolution and early Republic of Texas government.
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B.
William Cook
William Cook was a 19th-century British poultry breeder best known for creating the Orpington chicken breed.
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C.
Francis Cooke
Francis Cooke was an English Separatist and early Pilgrim settler who voyaged on the Mayflower and became one of the founders of Plymouth Colony in 1620.
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D.
Francis Wallace Burns
Francis Wallace Burns was one of the sons of the famed Scottish poet Robert Burns, remembered primarily through his connection to his father's legacy.
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E.
Arthur Whitten Brown
Arthur Whitten Brown was a British aviator best known as the navigator on the first non-stop transatlantic flight in 1919 alongside pilot John Alcock.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British politician
ⓘ
Labour Party politician ⓘ human ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath |
heart attack
ⓘ
myocardial infarction ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United Kingdom
ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
surface form:
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
|
| dateOfBirth | 1946-02-28 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2005-08-06 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Old Royal High School
ⓘ
surface form:
Royal High School, Edinburgh
University of Edinburgh ⓘ |
| endTime |
served as Foreign Secretary until 2001
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served as Leader of the House of Commons until 2003 ⓘ |
| familyName | Cook ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | politics ⓘ |
| givenName | Robert ⓘ |
| honorificPrefix | The Right Honourable ⓘ |
| ideology | social democracy ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Labour Party (UK)
ⓘ
surface form:
Labour Party
Privy Council ⓘ
surface form:
Privy Council of the United Kingdom
|
| middleName | Finlayson ⓘ |
| nickname | Robin ⓘ |
| notableFor | resignation from the UK Cabinet over the 2003 invasion of Iraq ⓘ |
| notableWork | advocacy of an ethical foreign policy for the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| opposedTo | 2003 invasion of Iraq ⓘ |
| parliamentaryGroup | Labour Party ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Bellshill
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Lanarkshire NERFINISHED ⓘ Scotland ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Inverness
ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs
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surface form:
Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom
Leader of the House of Commons ⓘ Lord President of the Council ⓘ Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ President of the Party of European Socialists ⓘ Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs ⓘ
surface form:
Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
|
| religion |
Presbyterian
ⓘ
surface form:
Presbyterianism
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| representedInParliament |
Edinburgh Central
ⓘ
Livingston ⓘ |
| residence | Scotland ⓘ |
| spouse |
Gaynor Regan
ⓘ
Margaret Whitmore NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startTime |
served as Foreign Secretary from 1997
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served as Leader of the House of Commons from 2001 ⓘ |
| votedAgainst | UK government policy on the Iraq War in 2003 ⓘ |
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Subject: Robert Finlayson Cook Description of subject: Robert Finlayson "Robin" Cook was a prominent British Labour politician who served as Foreign Secretary and became widely known for his principled resignation over the 2003 Iraq War.
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