Guy de Chauliac
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Guy de Chauliac was a 14th-century French physician and surgeon whose influential surgical textbook "Chirurgia Magna" shaped European medicine for centuries.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Guy de Chauliac canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4248648 — 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: Guy de Chauliac Context triple: [Al-Zahrawi, influenced, Guy de Chauliac]
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A.
Ambroise Paré
Ambroise Paré was a pioneering 16th-century French surgeon often regarded as the father of modern surgery for his innovative techniques in wound treatment and surgical practice.
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B.
Andreas Vesalius
Andreas Vesalius was a 16th-century Flemish anatomist and physician whose groundbreaking work "De humani corporis fabrica" revolutionized the study of human anatomy and is considered a cornerstone of modern medicine.
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C.
Jacques Amyot
Jacques Amyot was a 16th-century French Renaissance humanist, translator, and bishop best known for his influential French translations of classical authors, especially Plutarch.
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D.
Hieronymus Fabricius
Hieronymus Fabricius was a prominent 16th-century Italian anatomist and surgeon whose detailed studies of human anatomy, especially the venous valves, significantly advanced early modern medicine.
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E.
Eustache le Moine
Eustache le Moine was a notorious early 13th-century French pirate and mercenary, famed for his shifting allegiances between England and France during the Anglo-French wars.
- 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: Guy de Chauliac Target entity description: Guy de Chauliac was a 14th-century French physician and surgeon whose influential surgical textbook "Chirurgia Magna" shaped European medicine for centuries.
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A.
Ambroise Paré
Ambroise Paré was a pioneering 16th-century French surgeon often regarded as the father of modern surgery for his innovative techniques in wound treatment and surgical practice.
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B.
Andreas Vesalius
Andreas Vesalius was a 16th-century Flemish anatomist and physician whose groundbreaking work "De humani corporis fabrica" revolutionized the study of human anatomy and is considered a cornerstone of modern medicine.
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C.
Jacques Amyot
Jacques Amyot was a 16th-century French Renaissance humanist, translator, and bishop best known for his influential French translations of classical authors, especially Plutarch.
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D.
Hieronymus Fabricius
Hieronymus Fabricius was a prominent 16th-century Italian anatomist and surgeon whose detailed studies of human anatomy, especially the venous valves, significantly advanced early modern medicine.
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E.
Eustache le Moine
Eustache le Moine was a notorious early 13th-century French pirate and mercenary, famed for his shifting allegiances between England and France during the Anglo-French wars.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Catholic priest
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human ⓘ medical textbook ⓘ medical writer ⓘ physician ⓘ surgeon ⓘ |
| alternateName |
Guido de Cauliac
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linked to:
Guido de Cauliaco
Guido de Cauliaco ⓘ |
| author | Guy de Chauliac ⓘ |
| birthDate | c. 1300 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Chauliac, Gévaudan, Kingdom of France
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linked to:
Gévaudan region
|
| deathDate | 1368 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Avignon, Papal States
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linked to:
Avignon
|
| described | clinical forms of bubonic plague and pneumonic plague ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of Bologna
ⓘ
University of Montpellier ⓘ University of Paris ⓘ
linked to:
Université de Paris
|
| era | 14th century ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
anatomy
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medicine ⓘ surgery ⓘ |
| influenced |
European surgery
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European surgery for several centuries ⓘ Renaissance medicine ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Albucasis
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linked to:
Al-Zahrawi (Abulcasis)
Avicenna ⓘ Galen ⓘ Hippocrates ⓘ |
| knownFor |
descriptions of plague (Black Death)
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detailed descriptions of fractures and dislocations ⓘ systematizing medieval surgical knowledge ⓘ writing one of the most influential medieval surgical textbooks ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Latin ⓘ |
| name | Guy de Chauliac ⓘ |
| nationality | French ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Chirurgia Magna
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Inventarium sive Chirurgia Magna ⓘ |
| occupation |
cleric
ⓘ
physician ⓘ surgeon ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
personal physician to Pope Clement VI
ⓘ
personal physician to Pope Innocent VI ⓘ personal physician to Pope Urban V ⓘ physician to the papal court at Avignon ⓘ |
| publicationDate | c. 1363 ⓘ |
| religion |
Catholicism
ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Catholicism
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| subject | surgery ⓘ |
| used | anatomical dissection in medical teaching ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Avignon
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Bologna ⓘ Montpellier ⓘ Paris ⓘ |
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Referenced by (5)
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