Hieronymus Froben
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Hieronymus Froben was a prominent 16th-century Basel printer and publisher, known for continuing and expanding his family’s influential humanist printing house after his father Johann Froben.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Hieronymus Froben canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5126744 — 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: Hieronymus Froben Context triple: [Johann Froben, successor, Hieronymus Froben]
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A.
Johann Froben
Johann Froben was a prominent early 16th-century Swiss humanist printer and publisher in Basel, renowned for producing influential editions of biblical and classical texts.
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B.
Johannes Agricola
Johannes Agricola was a 16th-century German Protestant reformer and theologian known for his role in the early Reformation and his controversial antinomian views.
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C.
Robert Estienne
Robert Estienne was a 16th-century French printer and classical scholar renowned for his critical editions of the Bible and major contributions to typography and lexicography.
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D.
Erich Gutenberg
Erich Gutenberg was a prominent German economist and business administration scholar known for fundamentally shaping modern German management theory and production economics.
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E.
Johann Reuchlin
Johann Reuchlin was a German humanist scholar and pioneering Christian Hebraist whose defense of Jewish writings and engagement with Kabbalah made him a central figure of the Northern Renaissance.
- 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: Hieronymus Froben Target entity description: Hieronymus Froben was a prominent 16th-century Basel printer and publisher, known for continuing and expanding his family’s influential humanist printing house after his father Johann Froben.
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A.
Johann Froben
Johann Froben was a prominent early 16th-century Swiss humanist printer and publisher in Basel, renowned for producing influential editions of biblical and classical texts.
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B.
Johannes Agricola
Johannes Agricola was a 16th-century German Protestant reformer and theologian known for his role in the early Reformation and his controversial antinomian views.
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C.
Robert Estienne
Robert Estienne was a 16th-century French printer and classical scholar renowned for his critical editions of the Bible and major contributions to typography and lexicography.
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D.
Erich Gutenberg
Erich Gutenberg was a prominent German economist and business administration scholar known for fundamentally shaping modern German management theory and production economics.
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E.
Johann Reuchlin
Johann Reuchlin was a German humanist scholar and pioneering Christian Hebraist whose defense of Jewish writings and engagement with Kabbalah made him a central figure of the Northern Renaissance.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
German-speaking Swiss person
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Swiss person ⓘ early modern printer ⓘ humanist printer ⓘ printer ⓘ publisher ⓘ |
| activeInCentury | 16th century ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Basel humanists
ⓘ
Erasmus of Rotterdam ⓘ
linked to:
Desiderius Erasmus
|
| basedIn |
Basel
ⓘ
linked to:
Basel-Stadt
|
| birthPlace |
Basel
ⓘ
linked to:
Basel-Stadt
|
| birthYear | 1501 ⓘ |
| businessModel | scholarly publishing ⓘ |
| childOf | Johann Froben ⓘ |
| continuedBusinessOf | Johann Froben ⓘ |
| coOwnerOf | Froben printing house ⓘ |
| coOwnerWith |
Johann Herwagen the Younger
ⓘ
Nicolaus Episcopius the Elder ⓘ
linked to:
Nikolaus Episcopius
|
| countryOfCitizenship | Swiss Confederacy ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Basel
ⓘ
linked to:
Basel-Stadt
|
| deathYear | 1563 ⓘ |
| employer | Froben printing house ⓘ |
| expandedBusinessOf | Froben printing house ⓘ |
| familyName | Froben ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
book printing
ⓘ
humanist scholarship ⓘ |
| genre |
classical philology
ⓘ
humanist literature ⓘ theological works ⓘ |
| givenName | Hieronymus ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
German
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Latin ⓘ |
| memberOf | Froben family ⓘ |
| name | Hieronymus Froben ⓘ |
| notableFor |
continuing the Froben printing house in Basel
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publishing humanist and scholarly editions ⓘ |
| notableWork |
editions of Erasmus of Rotterdam
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editions of the Church Fathers ⓘ scholarly Greek and Latin classics ⓘ |
| occupation |
printer
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publisher ⓘ |
| partOf | Basel printing industry ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity |
Basel
ⓘ
linked to:
Basel-Stadt
|
| regionOfActivity | Upper Rhine ⓘ |
| relative | Johann Froben ⓘ |
| sibling |
Nicolaus Episcopius the Elder
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linked to:
Nikolaus Episcopius
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| spouse | Gertrud Lachner ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Basel
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linked to:
Basel-Stadt
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Hieronymus Froben Description of subject: Hieronymus Froben was a prominent 16th-century Basel printer and publisher, known for continuing and expanding his family’s influential humanist printing house after his father Johann Froben.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.