Louis Pierre Vieillot
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Louis Pierre Vieillot was a French ornithologist known for his pioneering work in classifying and describing numerous bird species in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Louis Pierre Vieillot canonical | 9 |
| Louis Jean Pierre Vieillot | 3 |
| L. P. Vieillot | 1 |
| Louis Vieillot | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Louis Pierre Vieillot Context triple: [Accipitridae, describedBy, Louis Pierre Vieillot]
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John Edward Gray
John Edward Gray was a 19th-century British zoologist and taxonomist known for his extensive work classifying mammals, reptiles, and other animal groups while working at the British Museum.
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Georges Cuvier
Georges Cuvier was a pioneering French naturalist and zoologist regarded as the founder of comparative anatomy and paleontology, known for establishing extinction as a scientific fact.
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Eugène Marais
Eugène Marais was a pioneering South African poet, journalist, and naturalist whose Afrikaans writings and groundbreaking studies of termites and baboons made him a key figure in Afrikaner cultural and scientific history.
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Nicholas Aylward Vigors
Nicholas Aylward Vigors was a 19th-century Irish zoologist and politician known for his influential work in ornithology and the classification of birds.
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Thomas Horsfield
Thomas Horsfield was a 19th-century American physician and naturalist known for his influential zoological and botanical work in Southeast Asia.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Louis Pierre Vieillot Target entity description: Louis Pierre Vieillot was a French ornithologist known for his pioneering work in classifying and describing numerous bird species in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
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A.
John Edward Gray
John Edward Gray was a 19th-century British zoologist and taxonomist known for his extensive work classifying mammals, reptiles, and other animal groups while working at the British Museum.
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B.
Georges Cuvier
Georges Cuvier was a pioneering French naturalist and zoologist regarded as the founder of comparative anatomy and paleontology, known for establishing extinction as a scientific fact.
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C.
Eugène Marais
Eugène Marais was a pioneering South African poet, journalist, and naturalist whose Afrikaans writings and groundbreaking studies of termites and baboons made him a key figure in Afrikaner cultural and scientific history.
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D.
Nicholas Aylward Vigors
Nicholas Aylward Vigors was a 19th-century Irish zoologist and politician known for his influential work in ornithology and the classification of birds.
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E.
Thomas Horsfield
Thomas Horsfield was a 19th-century American physician and naturalist known for his influential zoological and botanical work in Southeast Asia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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ornithologist ⓘ taxonomist ⓘ |
| activeInPeriod |
early 19th century
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late 18th century ⓘ |
| contributedTo | early modern bird nomenclature ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | France ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1748-05-10 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1830-08-24 ⓘ |
| describedTaxon |
many North American bird species
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many South American bird species ⓘ numerous passerine birds ⓘ |
| era |
Age of Enlightenment
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Napoleonic era ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | French ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
ornithology
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zoology ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasFamilyName | Vieillot ⓘ |
| hasGivenName |
Louis
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Pierre ⓘ |
| hasWorkLocation |
France
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Paris ⓘ |
| influenced | later 19th-century ornithologists ⓘ |
| knownAs |
Louis Pierre Vieillot
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surface form:
L. P. Vieillot
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| languageOfWorkOrName | French ⓘ |
| notableFor |
describing numerous new bird species
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early use of life histories in bird descriptions ⓘ pioneering work in bird classification ⓘ systematic treatment of bird plumage changes ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle
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surface form:
Galerie des oiseaux
Histoire naturelle des oiseaux de l’Amérique Septentrionale ⓘ Nouveau dictionnaire d’histoire naturelle ⓘ |
| occupation |
naturalist
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ornithologist ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
France
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Normandy (administrative region) ⓘ
surface form:
Normandy
Yvetot ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
France
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Rouen ⓘ |
| studied | life histories of birds ⓘ |
| taxonNameAuthorAbbreviation | Vieillot ⓘ |
| usedTaxonomicSystem |
Systema Naturae
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surface form:
Linnaean system
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| workedOn |
classification of birds
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description of new bird genera ⓘ description of new bird species ⓘ |
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Subject: Louis Pierre Vieillot Description of subject: Louis Pierre Vieillot was a French ornithologist known for his pioneering work in classifying and describing numerous bird species in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
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