Olga Kennard
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Olga Kennard was a pioneering British crystallographer whose work in structural chemistry and data sharing led to the creation of the Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre and significantly advanced the field of crystallography.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Olga Kennard canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4850570 — 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: Olga Kennard Context triple: [Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre, founder, Olga Kennard]
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A.
Elizabeth Nourse
Elizabeth Nourse was an American realist painter known for her sensitive depictions of women and rural life, who built a successful career in Paris in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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B.
Olga Rudge
Olga Rudge was an American violinist and music scholar best known for her long-term relationship with poet Ezra Pound and her efforts to promote and preserve his work.
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C.
Kathleen DuRoss
Kathleen DuRoss was an American former model and socialite best known as the third wife of industrialist Henry Ford II.
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D.
Carole Eastman
Carole Eastman was an American screenwriter best known for her incisive character-driven work in 1970s New Hollywood cinema, including the film "Five Easy Pieces."
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E.
Eileen Shearer
Eileen Shearer is a political figure best known for founding the American Independent Party in the United States.
- 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: Olga Kennard Target entity description: Olga Kennard was a pioneering British crystallographer whose work in structural chemistry and data sharing led to the creation of the Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre and significantly advanced the field of crystallography.
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A.
Elizabeth Nourse
Elizabeth Nourse was an American realist painter known for her sensitive depictions of women and rural life, who built a successful career in Paris in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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B.
Olga Rudge
Olga Rudge was an American violinist and music scholar best known for her long-term relationship with poet Ezra Pound and her efforts to promote and preserve his work.
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C.
Kathleen DuRoss
Kathleen DuRoss was an American former model and socialite best known as the third wife of industrialist Henry Ford II.
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D.
Carole Eastman
Carole Eastman was an American screenwriter best known for her incisive character-driven work in 1970s New Hollywood cinema, including the film "Five Easy Pieces."
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E.
Eileen Shearer
Eileen Shearer is a political figure best known for founding the American Independent Party in the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British scientist
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academic ⓘ chemist ⓘ crystallographer ⓘ |
| academicDegree |
MA
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PhD ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
CBE
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Chemical Crystallography Group Prize ⓘ G. M. J. Schmidt Medal ⓘ Order of the British Empire ⓘ Patterson Award ⓘ |
| citizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Hungary ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1924-03-23 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2023-03-02 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Newnham College, Cambridge
ⓘ
University of Cambridge ⓘ
linked to:
Cambridge University
|
| employer |
University of Cambridge
ⓘ
linked to:
Cambridge University
|
| familyName | Kennard ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
crystallography
ⓘ
data science in chemistry ⓘ structural chemistry ⓘ |
| founded | Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre ⓘ |
| fullName | Olga Weisz-Kennard ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| givenName | Olga ⓘ |
| honorificTitle |
Fellow of the Royal Society
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Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry ⓘ |
| influenced |
computational crystallography
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development of structural databases in chemistry ⓘ |
| knownFor |
development of crystallographic databases
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founding the Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre ⓘ pioneering crystallographic data sharing ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
ⓘ
Hungarian ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Royal Society
ⓘ
Royal Society of Chemistry ⓘ |
| notableStudent | Judith A. K. Howard ⓘ |
| notableWork | creation of the Cambridge Structural Database ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Budapest ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Cambridge
ⓘ
linked to:
CAMBRIDGE
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| positionHeld |
Director of the Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre
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Research scientist at the Cavendish Laboratory ⓘ |
| researchInterest |
information retrieval in crystallography
ⓘ
nucleic acid structures ⓘ small-molecule crystal structures ⓘ |
| residence |
Cambridge
ⓘ
linked to:
CAMBRIDGE
|
| workInstitution |
Cavendish Laboratory
ⓘ
MRC Unit for Molecular Structure of Biological Systems ⓘ
linked to:
MRC LMB
|
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Input
Subject: Olga Kennard Description of subject: Olga Kennard was a pioneering British crystallographer whose work in structural chemistry and data sharing led to the creation of the Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre and significantly advanced the field of crystallography.
Referenced by (2)
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