Coenraad Jacob Temminck
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Coenraad Jacob Temminck was a 19th-century Dutch aristocrat, zoologist, and museum director known for his influential work in mammalogy and ornithology.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Coenraad Jacob Temminck canonical | 4 |
| Jacob Temminck | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5339364 — 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: Coenraad Jacob Temminck Context triple: [Javan leopard, firstDescribedBy, Coenraad Jacob Temminck]
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A.
Edward Blyth
Edward Blyth was a 19th-century English zoologist and ornithologist known for his pioneering work in animal classification and as one of the early contributors to evolutionary thought.
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B.
Louis Pierre Vieillot
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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C.
William John Swainson
William John Swainson was a 19th-century English naturalist, ornithologist, and illustrator known for his influential taxonomic work and detailed zoological illustrations.
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D.
Leopold Fitzinger
Leopold Fitzinger was a 19th-century Austrian zoologist and herpetologist known for his influential taxonomic work on reptiles and amphibians.
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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
- 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: Coenraad Jacob Temminck Target entity description: Coenraad Jacob Temminck was a 19th-century Dutch aristocrat, zoologist, and museum director known for his influential work in mammalogy and ornithology.
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A.
Edward Blyth
Edward Blyth was a 19th-century English zoologist and ornithologist known for his pioneering work in animal classification and as one of the early contributors to evolutionary thought.
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B.
Louis Pierre Vieillot
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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C.
William John Swainson
William John Swainson was a 19th-century English naturalist, ornithologist, and illustrator known for his influential taxonomic work and detailed zoological illustrations.
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D.
Leopold Fitzinger
Leopold Fitzinger was a 19th-century Austrian zoologist and herpetologist known for his influential taxonomic work on reptiles and amphibians.
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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 (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
aristocrat
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human ⓘ museum director ⓘ ornithologist ⓘ zoologist ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 19th century ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Netherlands ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1778-03-31 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1858-01-30 ⓘ |
| employer | Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
mammalogy
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ornithology ⓘ zoology ⓘ |
| hasFamilyName | Temminck NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGivenName |
Coenraad
NERFINISHED
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Jacob NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHonorificEponym |
Temminck’s cormorant
NERFINISHED
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Temminck’s flying squirrel NERFINISHED ⓘ Temminck’s lark NERFINISHED ⓘ Temminck’s mouse NERFINISHED ⓘ Temminck’s pangolin NERFINISHED ⓘ Temminck’s stint ⓘ Temminck’s sunbird NERFINISHED ⓘ Temminck’s tragopan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
Dutch
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French ⓘ Latin ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Académie des Sciences de l’Institut de France
NERFINISHED
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Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences NERFINISHED ⓘ Royal Society of London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Dutch ⓘ |
| notableFor |
description of numerous new bird species
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description of numerous new mammal species ⓘ early director of the Dutch national natural history collections ⓘ foundational contributions to ornithological classification ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Esquisses zoologiques sur la côte de Guinée
NERFINISHED
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Histoire naturelle générale des pigeons et des gallinacés NERFINISHED ⓘ Manuel d’ornithologie NERFINISHED ⓘ Monographies de mammalogie NERFINISHED ⓘ Nouveau recueil de planches coloriées d’oiseaux NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
museum director
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ornithologist ⓘ taxonomist ⓘ zoologist ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Amsterdam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Leiden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | director of Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workLocation | Leiden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: Coenraad Jacob Temminck Description of subject: Coenraad Jacob Temminck was a 19th-century Dutch aristocrat, zoologist, and museum director known for his influential work in mammalogy and ornithology.
Referenced by (5)
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