Edward Blount
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Edward Blount was a prominent early 17th-century London stationer and publisher best known for co-publishing Shakespeare’s First Folio.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Edward Blount canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4056058 — 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: Edward Blount Context triple: [First Folio of Shakespeare, publisher, Edward Blount]
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A.
Henry Van Brunt
Henry Van Brunt was a prominent 19th-century American architect known for his influential role in shaping civic and institutional architecture across the United States.
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B.
Charles Siddall
Charles Siddall was a family member of the Pre-Raphaelite-associated artist and poet Elizabeth Siddal, belonging to the same Victorian-era Siddall/Siddall family circle.
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C.
Edward Buncombe
Edward Buncombe was an American Revolutionary War officer from North Carolina after whom Buncombe County was named.
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D.
Frederick Etchells
Frederick Etchells was a British artist, architect, and translator best known for his involvement in the early 20th-century avant-garde, particularly the Vorticist movement.
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E.
Francis Johnston
Francis Johnston was a prominent early 19th-century Irish architect known for his influential public and ecclesiastical buildings in Dublin and across Ireland.
- 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: Edward Blount Target entity description: Edward Blount was a prominent early 17th-century London stationer and publisher best known for co-publishing Shakespeare’s First Folio.
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A.
Henry Van Brunt
Henry Van Brunt was a prominent 19th-century American architect known for his influential role in shaping civic and institutional architecture across the United States.
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B.
Charles Siddall
Charles Siddall was a family member of the Pre-Raphaelite-associated artist and poet Elizabeth Siddal, belonging to the same Victorian-era Siddall/Siddall family circle.
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C.
Edward Buncombe
Edward Buncombe was an American Revolutionary War officer from North Carolina after whom Buncombe County was named.
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D.
Frederick Etchells
Frederick Etchells was a British artist, architect, and translator best known for his involvement in the early 20th-century avant-garde, particularly the Vorticist movement.
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E.
Francis Johnston
Francis Johnston was a prominent early 19th-century Irish architect known for his influential public and ecclesiastical buildings in Dublin and across Ireland.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
person
ⓘ
publisher ⓘ stationer ⓘ |
| activeIn |
London
ⓘ
linked to:
London, England
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| associatedOrganization | Stationers' Company of London ⓘ |
| associatedWith | William Shakespeare ⓘ |
| basedIn |
London
ⓘ
linked to:
London, England
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| centuryOfActivity | 17th century ⓘ |
| coPublisherOf |
Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies
ⓘ
linked to:
Second Folio of Shakespeare
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| coPublisherWith |
Isaac Jaggard
ⓘ
John Smethwick ⓘ William Aspley ⓘ William Jaggard ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | England ⓘ |
| era |
Jacobean era
ⓘ
linked to:
Stuart period
Stuart period ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
book trade
ⓘ
printing and publishing ⓘ |
| floruit | early 17th century ⓘ |
| genrePublished |
drama
ⓘ
literature ⓘ plays ⓘ |
| industry |
book publishing
ⓘ
printing industry ⓘ |
| languageOfPublishedTexts | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Stationers' Company ⓘ |
| notableFor | co-publishing Shakespeare's First Folio ⓘ |
| notablePublication | First Folio of Shakespeare ⓘ |
| occupation |
bookseller
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publisher ⓘ stationer ⓘ |
| publishedWork |
Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies
ⓘ
linked to:
Second Folio of Shakespeare
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| residence |
London
ⓘ
linked to:
London, England
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| roleInFirstFolio | publisher ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early modern England ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Edward Blount Description of subject: Edward Blount was a prominent early 17th-century London stationer and publisher best known for co-publishing Shakespeare’s First Folio.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.