Bernard Bailyn
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Bernard Bailyn was a Pulitzer Prize–winning American historian renowned for his influential scholarship on the ideological and intellectual origins of the American Revolution.
All labels observed (1)
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| Bernard Bailyn canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bernard Bailyn Context triple: [The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution, author, Bernard Bailyn]
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Kenneth H. Jackson
Kenneth H. Jackson was a prominent 20th-century British linguist and historian renowned for his pioneering research on the history and development of the Celtic languages.
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Alfred W. Crosby
Alfred W. Crosby was an American environmental historian whose influential work on ecological and cultural consequences of European expansion helped establish the field of environmental history.
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L. J. Burrows
L. J. Burrows is a fictional character from the television series "Prison Break," known as the teenage son of Lincoln Burrows who becomes entangled in his father's criminal troubles.
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J. Searle Dawley
J. Searle Dawley was an early American film director and screenwriter best known for his pioneering work in silent cinema, including directing one of the first film adaptations of "Frankenstein."
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Robert B. Bowler
Robert B. Bowler was an American public official who served as the United States Comptroller of the Treasury, overseeing federal financial accounts and fiscal administration.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bernard Bailyn Target entity description: Bernard Bailyn was a Pulitzer Prize–winning American historian renowned for his influential scholarship on the ideological and intellectual origins of the American Revolution.
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A.
Kenneth H. Jackson
Kenneth H. Jackson was a prominent 20th-century British linguist and historian renowned for his pioneering research on the history and development of the Celtic languages.
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B.
Alfred W. Crosby
Alfred W. Crosby was an American environmental historian whose influential work on ecological and cultural consequences of European expansion helped establish the field of environmental history.
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C.
L. J. Burrows
L. J. Burrows is a fictional character from the television series "Prison Break," known as the teenage son of Lincoln Burrows who becomes entangled in his father's criminal troubles.
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D.
J. Searle Dawley
J. Searle Dawley was an early American film director and screenwriter best known for his pioneering work in silent cinema, including directing one of the first film adaptations of "Frankenstein."
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E.
Robert B. Bowler
Robert B. Bowler was an American public official who served as the United States Comptroller of the Treasury, overseeing federal financial accounts and fiscal administration.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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university teacher ⓘ |
| academicDegree | PhD in history ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Bancroft Prize
NERFINISHED
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Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities NERFINISHED ⓘ National Book Award for History and Biography NERFINISHED ⓘ National Humanities Medal NERFINISHED ⓘ Pulitzer Prize for History NERFINISHED ⓘ Pulitzer Prize for History for "The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution" NERFINISHED ⓘ Pulitzer Prize for History for "Voyagers to the West" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1922-09-09 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2020-08-07 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Harvard University
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Williams College NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | Harvard University ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Jewish Americans NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Bailyn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
American history
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Atlantic history NERFINISHED ⓘ history of the American Revolution ⓘ intellectual history ⓘ |
| genre | historical non-fiction ⓘ |
| givenName | Bernard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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American Philosophical Society ⓘ British Academy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Bernard Bailyn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
pioneering work in Atlantic history
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scholarship on the ideological origins of the American Revolution ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Education in the Forming of American Society
NERFINISHED
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The Barbarous Years NERFINISHED ⓘ The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution NERFINISHED ⓘ The Ordeal of Thomas Hutchinson NERFINISHED ⓘ The Origins of American Politics NERFINISHED ⓘ The Peopling of British North America NERFINISHED ⓘ Voyagers to the West NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
historian
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university professor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Hartford, Connecticut, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Belmont, Massachusetts, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Adams University Professor at Harvard University
NERFINISHED
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Winthrop Professor of History at Harvard University NERFINISHED ⓘ director of the International Seminar on the History of the Atlantic World at Harvard University ⓘ professor of history at Harvard University ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Lotte Bailyn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workLocation | Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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