Thomas Eisner
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Thomas Eisner was a pioneering chemical ecologist and entomologist renowned for his groundbreaking studies of insect defense mechanisms and chemical communication.
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| Thomas Eisner canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4480990 — 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: Thomas Eisner Context triple: [J. Meinwald, collaboratedWith, Thomas Eisner]
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A.
Hal Morgenstern
Hal Morgenstern is an American epidemiologist known for his contributions to cancer epidemiology and methods in observational study design.
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B.
Richard Maibaum
Richard Maibaum was an American screenwriter and producer best known for his long-running work on the James Bond film series.
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C.
Dan Morgenstern
Dan Morgenstern is an American jazz historian, critic, and archivist renowned for his leadership of the Institute of Jazz Studies and his Grammy-winning liner notes.
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D.
Cecil Castellucci
Cecil Castellucci is an American writer and cartoonist best known for her young adult novels and comic books, including works published by DC Comics and in the Star Wars universe.
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E.
Stewart Stern
Stewart Stern was an American screenwriter best known for writing the screenplay for the iconic 1955 film "Rebel Without a Cause."
- 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: Thomas Eisner Target entity description: Thomas Eisner was a pioneering chemical ecologist and entomologist renowned for his groundbreaking studies of insect defense mechanisms and chemical communication.
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A.
Hal Morgenstern
Hal Morgenstern is an American epidemiologist known for his contributions to cancer epidemiology and methods in observational study design.
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B.
Richard Maibaum
Richard Maibaum was an American screenwriter and producer best known for his long-running work on the James Bond film series.
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C.
Dan Morgenstern
Dan Morgenstern is an American jazz historian, critic, and archivist renowned for his leadership of the Institute of Jazz Studies and his Grammy-winning liner notes.
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D.
Cecil Castellucci
Cecil Castellucci is an American writer and cartoonist best known for her young adult novels and comic books, including works published by DC Comics and in the Star Wars universe.
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E.
Stewart Stern
Stewart Stern was an American screenwriter best known for writing the screenplay for the iconic 1955 film "Rebel Without a Cause."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
chemical ecologist
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entomologist ⓘ person ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Benjamin Franklin Medal in Life Science
NERFINISHED
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John J. Carty Award for the Advancement of Science NERFINISHED ⓘ National Medal of Science ⓘ Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthCountry | Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1929-06-25 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Berlin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| citizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| coAuthor |
Maria Eisner
NERFINISHED
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Melanie Eisner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathCountry | United States of America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathDate | 2011-03-25 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Ithaca, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Harvard University
ⓘ
University of Kansas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | Cornell University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
chemical ecology
ⓘ
ecology ⓘ entomology ⓘ |
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| influencedField |
behavioral ecology
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evolutionary biology ⓘ |
| knownFor |
pioneering work in chemical ecology
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research on arthropod defensive secretions ⓘ research on bombardier beetle defense mechanisms ⓘ studies of chemical communication in animals ⓘ studies of insect chemical defenses ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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Entomological Society of America NERFINISHED ⓘ National Academy of Sciences ⓘ
surface form:
National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
|
| migratedTo | United States of America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Thomas Eisner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
For Love of Insects
NERFINISHED
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Secret Weapons: Defenses of Insects, Spiders, Scorpions, and Other Many-Legged Creatures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
biologist
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university professor ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Jacob Gould Schurman Professor of Chemical Ecology at Cornell University
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
professor of biology at Cornell University ⓘ |
| researchInterest |
animal communication
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defensive adaptations in arthropods ⓘ insect behavior ⓘ |
| spouse | Maria Eisner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workplace | Cornell University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: Thomas Eisner Description of subject: Thomas Eisner was a pioneering chemical ecologist and entomologist renowned for his groundbreaking studies of insect defense mechanisms and chemical communication.
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