Robert Sandeman
E447597
Robert Sandeman was an 18th-century Scottish theologian and church leader whose teachings inspired the Sandemanian movement within Protestant Christianity.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Robert Sandeman canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4485942 — 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: Robert Sandeman Context triple: [Sandemanian, namedAfter, Robert Sandeman]
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William Leishman
William Leishman was a British physician and pathologist best known for his work on tropical diseases, including the identification of the parasite causing leishmaniasis.
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B.
Richard Lumsden
Richard Lumsden is a British actor, writer, and composer known for his work in television, film, and theatre.
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C.
Alexander Duff
Alexander Duff was a 19th-century Scottish Presbyterian missionary and educator renowned for pioneering English-medium higher education in India and promoting modern Western learning in Bengal.
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D.
Robert Stevenson
Robert Stevenson was a British film director best known for his work on classic Disney live-action films, including the family drama "Old Yeller."
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E.
Robert Stevenson
Robert Stevenson was a prominent Scottish civil engineer best known for designing and building numerous lighthouses around the Scottish coast in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
- 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: Robert Sandeman Target entity description: Robert Sandeman was an 18th-century Scottish theologian and church leader whose teachings inspired the Sandemanian movement within Protestant Christianity.
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A.
William Leishman
William Leishman was a British physician and pathologist best known for his work on tropical diseases, including the identification of the parasite causing leishmaniasis.
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B.
Richard Lumsden
Richard Lumsden is a British actor, writer, and composer known for his work in television, film, and theatre.
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C.
Alexander Duff
Alexander Duff was a 19th-century Scottish Presbyterian missionary and educator renowned for pioneering English-medium higher education in India and promoting modern Western learning in Bengal.
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D.
Robert Stevenson
Robert Stevenson was a British film director best known for his work on classic Disney live-action films, including the family drama "Old Yeller."
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E.
Robert Stevenson
Robert Stevenson was a prominent Scottish civil engineer best known for designing and building numerous lighthouses around the Scottish coast in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian theologian
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Protestant ⓘ Scottish theologian ⓘ church leader ⓘ religious reformer ⓘ theologian ⓘ |
| activity |
preached in British North America
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preached in England ⓘ preached in Scotland ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Glasite church ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1718-04-29 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Perth, Scotland ⓘ |
| branchOfChristianity | Protestant Christianity ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1771-04-02 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Danbury, Connecticut, British America
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linked to:
Danbury, Connecticut
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| denomination |
Protestantism
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linked to:
Protestant Christianity
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| era | 18th century ⓘ |
| fatherInLaw | John Glas ⓘ |
| foundedChurchesIn |
Connecticut
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England ⓘ Massachusetts ⓘ Scotland ⓘ |
| influenced | Alexander Campbell ⓘ |
| inspired | Sandemanian churches ⓘ |
| inspiredMovement | Sandemanian movement within Protestant Christianity ⓘ |
| knownFor |
founding the Sandemanian movement
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teaching justification by faith as bare belief of the truth ⓘ |
| language |
English
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Scots ⓘ |
| movement | Sandemanianism ⓘ |
| name | Robert Sandeman ⓘ |
| nationality | Scottish ⓘ |
| occupation |
church leader
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theologian ⓘ |
| promotedPractice |
congregational autonomy
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love feasts among believers ⓘ mutual exhortation in worship ⓘ plurality of elders in each congregation ⓘ weekly communion ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| spouse | Katherine Glas ⓘ |
| theologicalPosition |
emphasis on New Testament primitive Christianity
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emphasis on faith as intellectual assent rather than emotional experience ⓘ rejection of clerical hierarchy ⓘ |
| theologicalTradition |
Reformed Christianity
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linked to:
Reformed churches
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| wrote | Letters on Theron and Aspasio ⓘ |
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