Paul Dirac
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Paul Dirac was a pioneering British theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate whose work laid the foundations of quantum mechanics and quantum electrodynamics.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Paul Dirac canonical | 56 |
| Charles Adrien Ladislas Dirac | 2 |
| Paul A. M. Dirac | 2 |
| Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac | 2 |
| Dirac | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T97285 — 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: Paul Dirac Context triple: [Cavendish Laboratory, associatedWithPerson, Paul Dirac]
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A.
Julian Schwinger
Julian Schwinger was an American theoretical physicist renowned for his foundational contributions to quantum electrodynamics and quantum field theory.
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B.
Eugene Wigner
Eugene Wigner was a Hungarian-American theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate whose pioneering work in quantum mechanics and the theory of symmetries profoundly shaped modern physics.
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C.
Max Born
Max Born was a German physicist and Nobel laureate who made foundational contributions to quantum mechanics, particularly in the statistical interpretation of the wave function.
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D.
George Paget Thomson
George Paget Thomson was a British physicist and Nobel laureate best known for demonstrating the wave-like properties of electrons through diffraction experiments.
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E.
Richard Feynman
Richard Feynman was a pioneering American theoretical physicist renowned for his work in quantum electrodynamics, his influential teaching, and his popular science writings.
- 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: Paul Dirac Target entity description: Paul Dirac was a pioneering British theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate whose work laid the foundations of quantum mechanics and quantum electrodynamics.
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A.
Julian Schwinger
Julian Schwinger was an American theoretical physicist renowned for his foundational contributions to quantum electrodynamics and quantum field theory.
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B.
Eugene Wigner
Eugene Wigner was a Hungarian-American theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate whose pioneering work in quantum mechanics and the theory of symmetries profoundly shaped modern physics.
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C.
Max Born
Max Born was a German physicist and Nobel laureate who made foundational contributions to quantum mechanics, particularly in the statistical interpretation of the wave function.
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D.
George Paget Thomson
George Paget Thomson was a British physicist and Nobel laureate best known for demonstrating the wave-like properties of electrons through diffraction experiments.
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E.
Richard Feynman
Richard Feynman was a pioneering American theoretical physicist renowned for his work in quantum electrodynamics, his influential teaching, and his popular science writings.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (67)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Nobel laureate
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human ⓘ physicist ⓘ theoretical physicist ⓘ university teacher ⓘ |
| academicDegree |
Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering
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PhD in physics ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Copley Medal
ⓘ
Dirac Prize ⓘ
surface form:
Dirac Medal of the Institute of Physics
Max Planck Medal ⓘ Nobel Prize in Physics ⓘ Royal Medal ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Tallahassee ⓘ |
| citizenship |
United Kingdom
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United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1902-08-08 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1984-10-20 ⓘ |
| doctoralAdvisor | Ralph Fowler ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
St John’s College, Cambridge
ⓘ
University of Bristol ⓘ Cambridge University ⓘ
surface form:
University of Cambridge
|
| employer |
Florida State University
ⓘ
Cambridge University ⓘ
surface form:
University of Cambridge
|
| familyName |
Paul Dirac
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Dirac
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| father |
Paul Dirac
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Charles Adrien Ladislas Dirac
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| fieldOfWork |
general relativity
ⓘ
particle physics ⓘ quantum electrodynamics ⓘ quantum mechanics ⓘ theoretical physics ⓘ |
| fullName |
Paul Dirac
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac
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| givenName | Paul ⓘ |
| hasSignature | signature of Paul Dirac ⓘ |
| influenced |
Julian Schwinger
ⓘ
Dirac Prize ⓘ
surface form:
Paul A. M. Dirac Medal and Prize (named after him)
Richard Feynman ⓘ Sin-Itiro Tomonaga ⓘ Steven Weinberg ⓘ |
| knownFor |
development of quantum electrodynamics
ⓘ
foundations of quantum mechanics ⓘ prediction of the positron ⓘ relativistic wave equation for the electron ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
American Physical Society
ⓘ
Pontifical Academy of Sciences ⓘ Royal Society ⓘ |
| mother | Florence Hannah Holten ⓘ |
| nobelPrizeCategory | Physics ⓘ |
| nobelPrizeYear | 1933 ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Dirac delta function
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Dirac equation ⓘ Dirac notation ⓘ The Principles of Quantum Mechanics ⓘ magnetic monopole theory ⓘ prediction of antimatter ⓘ quantum electrodynamics ⓘ quantum theory of the electron ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Bristol ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Tallahassee ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Lucasian Professor of Mathematics
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surface form:
Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge
professor of physics at Florida State University ⓘ |
| religion | agnosticism ⓘ |
| sharedNobelPrizeWith | Erwin Schrödinger ⓘ |
| sibling | Béla Wigner (brother-in-law) ⓘ |
| spouse |
Eugene Wigner
ⓘ
surface form:
Margit Wigner
|
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Referenced by (63)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac
this entity surface form:
Dirac
this entity surface form:
Charles Adrien Ladislas Dirac
this entity surface form:
Paul A. M. Dirac
this entity surface form:
Paul A. M. Dirac
subject surface form:
Béla Wigner
subject surface form:
Dennis Sciama