Edward Burnett Tylor
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Edward Burnett Tylor was a pioneering 19th-century British anthropologist often regarded as the father of cultural anthropology for his influential theories on the development of religion and human culture.
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| Edward Burnett Tylor canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5272317 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Edward Burnett Tylor Context triple: [Animism, historicallyTheorizedBy, Edward Burnett Tylor]
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Lewis H. Morgan
Lewis H. Morgan was a pioneering 19th-century American anthropologist and social theorist whose studies of kinship and social evolution profoundly shaped later Marxist and anthropological thought.
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B.
Franz Boas
Franz Boas was a pioneering German-American anthropologist often regarded as the "father of American anthropology" for his foundational work in cultural relativism and field-based ethnographic research.
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C.
Robert H. Lowie
Robert H. Lowie was a prominent early 20th-century American anthropologist known for his influential studies of Native American cultures and his contributions to cultural anthropology theory.
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D.
Ralph Linton
Ralph Linton was an American anthropologist known for his work on culture and personality and for helping popularize key concepts such as status and role in social anthropology.
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E.
Paul Radin
Paul Radin was an American anthropologist and folklorist known for his pioneering work on Native American cultures, languages, and religions, particularly among the Winnebago (Ho-Chunk) people.
- 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 Burnett Tylor Target entity description: Edward Burnett Tylor was a pioneering 19th-century British anthropologist often regarded as the father of cultural anthropology for his influential theories on the development of religion and human culture.
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A.
Lewis H. Morgan
Lewis H. Morgan was a pioneering 19th-century American anthropologist and social theorist whose studies of kinship and social evolution profoundly shaped later Marxist and anthropological thought.
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B.
Franz Boas
Franz Boas was a pioneering German-American anthropologist often regarded as the "father of American anthropology" for his foundational work in cultural relativism and field-based ethnographic research.
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C.
Robert H. Lowie
Robert H. Lowie was a prominent early 20th-century American anthropologist known for his influential studies of Native American cultures and his contributions to cultural anthropology theory.
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D.
Ralph Linton
Ralph Linton was an American anthropologist known for his work on culture and personality and for helping popularize key concepts such as status and role in social anthropology.
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E.
Paul Radin
Paul Radin was an American anthropologist and folklorist known for his pioneering work on Native American cultures, languages, and religions, particularly among the Winnebago (Ho-Chunk) people.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British person
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anthropologist ⓘ human ⓘ |
| awardReceived | knighthood ⓘ |
| coinedTerm | survivals (in culture) ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United Kingdom
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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1832-10-02 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1917-01-02 ⓘ |
| describedAs |
father of cultural anthropology
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pioneer of modern anthropology ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Grove House School, Tottenham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | University of Oxford ⓘ |
| familyName | Tylor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
anthropology
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comparative religion ⓘ cultural anthropology ⓘ ethnology ⓘ |
| fullName | Edward Burnett Tylor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Edward ⓘ |
| honorificTitle | Sir ⓘ |
| knownFor |
definition of culture as a complex whole including knowledge, belief, art, morals, law, custom, and other capabilities and habits acquired by man as a member of society
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foundational work in cultural anthropology ⓘ theory of the evolution of religion ⓘ |
| memberOf | Royal Society ⓘ |
| middleName | Burnett NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | cultural evolutionism ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Anthropology: An Introduction to the Study of Man and Civilization
NERFINISHED
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Primitive Culture NERFINISHED ⓘ Researches into the Early History of Mankind and the Development of Civilization NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Camberwell
NERFINISHED
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London, England ⓘ
surface form:
London
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| placeOfDeath |
England
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Somerset NERFINISHED ⓘ Wellington NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Keeper of the University Museum at Oxford
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Professor of Anthropology at the University of Oxford ⓘ Reader in Anthropology at the University of Oxford ⓘ |
| publicationDateOfWork | 1871 ⓘ |
| religion | Quaker background ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Anna Fox NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theory |
animism as the earliest form of religion
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cultural evolution ⓘ unilinear evolution of culture ⓘ |
| workLocation | Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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