Benjamin Peirce
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Benjamin Peirce was a prominent 19th-century American mathematician and Harvard professor known for his work in celestial mechanics and algebra, and for being a leading figure in the development of mathematics in the United States.
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| Benjamin Peirce canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4262260 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Benjamin Peirce Context triple: [Charles Sanders Peirce, academicAdvisor, Benjamin Peirce]
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Simon Newcomb
Simon Newcomb was a 19th-century Canadian-American astronomer and mathematician renowned for his work in celestial mechanics, astronomical constants, and early studies of what became known as Benford's law.
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B.
George W. Hill
George W. Hill is an American film director and cinematographer known for his work in early Hollywood cinema during the silent and early sound eras.
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C.
Ernest W. Bowditch
Ernest W. Bowditch was a prominent American landscape architect of the late 19th and early 20th centuries known for designing grounds for major estates and public spaces in the United States.
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D.
George Peter Alexander Healy
George Peter Alexander Healy was a prominent 19th-century American portrait painter renowned for his depictions of U.S. presidents and other notable political and cultural figures.
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E.
Benjamin Silliman
Benjamin Silliman was a pioneering American chemist and geologist, one of Yale College’s first science professors, and a key figure in the early development of scientific education in the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Benjamin Peirce Target entity description: Benjamin Peirce was a prominent 19th-century American mathematician and Harvard professor known for his work in celestial mechanics and algebra, and for being a leading figure in the development of mathematics in the United States.
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A.
Simon Newcomb
Simon Newcomb was a 19th-century Canadian-American astronomer and mathematician renowned for his work in celestial mechanics, astronomical constants, and early studies of what became known as Benford's law.
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B.
George W. Hill
George W. Hill is an American film director and cinematographer known for his work in early Hollywood cinema during the silent and early sound eras.
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C.
Ernest W. Bowditch
Ernest W. Bowditch was a prominent American landscape architect of the late 19th and early 20th centuries known for designing grounds for major estates and public spaces in the United States.
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D.
George Peter Alexander Healy
George Peter Alexander Healy was a prominent 19th-century American portrait painter renowned for his depictions of U.S. presidents and other notable political and cultural figures.
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E.
Benjamin Silliman
Benjamin Silliman was a pioneering American chemist and geologist, one of Yale College’s first science professors, and a key figure in the early development of scientific education in the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American
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astronomer ⓘ human ⓘ mathematician ⓘ university professor ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1809-04-04 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Salem, Massachusetts, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| child | Charles Sanders Peirce NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1880-10-06 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describedAs | leading figure in 19th-century American mathematics ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Harvard University ⓘ |
| employer | Harvard University ⓘ |
| era | 19th century ⓘ |
| familyName | Peirce NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
algebra
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celestial mechanics ⓘ mathematics ⓘ |
| fullName | Benjamin Peirce NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | mathematics textbook ⓘ |
| givenName | Benjamin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced | development of mathematical research in the United States ⓘ |
| knownFor |
advancing higher mathematics in the United States
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contributions to celestial mechanics ⓘ work on algebraic structures ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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National Academy of Sciences ⓘ |
| movement | development of American mathematics in the 19th century ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableStudent | Charles Sanders Peirce NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A System of Analytic Mechanics
NERFINISHED
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Curves, Functions, and Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ Linear Associative Algebra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
astronomer
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mathematician ⓘ university professor ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Perkins Professor of Astronomy and Mathematics at Harvard University
NERFINISHED
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Professor of Mathematics at Harvard University ⓘ |
| residence | Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| specialization |
analytic mechanics
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theory of algebraic systems ⓘ |
| taughtAt | Harvard University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
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Subject: Benjamin Peirce Description of subject: Benjamin Peirce was a prominent 19th-century American mathematician and Harvard professor known for his work in celestial mechanics and algebra, and for being a leading figure in the development of mathematics in the United States.
Referenced by (5)
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