Sir William Davenant
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Sir William Davenant was a 17th-century English poet, playwright, and theatre manager, noted for his innovations in Restoration drama and for succeeding Ben Jonson as Poet Laureate.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sir William Davenant canonical | 1 |
| William Davenant | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5377435 — 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: Sir William Davenant Context triple: [Lincoln College, Oxford, hasAlumni, Sir William Davenant]
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A.
Philip Massinger
Philip Massinger was a prominent early 17th-century English dramatist best known for his complex, socially critical plays such as "A New Way to Pay Old Debts."
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B.
Thomas Middleton
Thomas Middleton was a prominent Jacobean playwright and satirist known for his darkly comic and morally complex plays such as "The Changeling" and "Women Beware Women."
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C.
Thomas Middleton
Thomas Middleton was an American planter and politician from South Carolina who served as a delegate to the Continental Congress during the American Revolution.
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D.
Thomas Middleton
Thomas Middleton was a 17th-century English naval administrator who served in a senior bureaucratic role overseeing the Royal Navy’s administrative and logistical affairs.
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E.
Francis Beaumont
Francis Beaumont was an English Renaissance dramatist best known for his influential collaborations with John Fletcher on Jacobean stage comedies and tragicomedies.
- 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: Sir William Davenant Target entity description: Sir William Davenant was a 17th-century English poet, playwright, and theatre manager, noted for his innovations in Restoration drama and for succeeding Ben Jonson as Poet Laureate.
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A.
Philip Massinger
Philip Massinger was a prominent early 17th-century English dramatist best known for his complex, socially critical plays such as "A New Way to Pay Old Debts."
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B.
Thomas Middleton
Thomas Middleton was a prominent Jacobean playwright and satirist known for his darkly comic and morally complex plays such as "The Changeling" and "Women Beware Women."
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C.
Thomas Middleton
Thomas Middleton was an American planter and politician from South Carolina who served as a delegate to the Continental Congress during the American Revolution.
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D.
Thomas Middleton
Thomas Middleton was a 17th-century English naval administrator who served in a senior bureaucratic role overseeing the Royal Navy’s administrative and logistical affairs.
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E.
Francis Beaumont
Francis Beaumont was an English Renaissance dramatist best known for his influential collaborations with John Fletcher on Jacobean stage comedies and tragicomedies.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (67)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dramatist
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human ⓘ playwright ⓘ poet ⓘ theatre manager ⓘ |
| allegiance | Royalists NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Sir William Davenant
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
William D'Avenant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appointedBy | Charles I of England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthName | William Davenant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
Poets' Corner
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Westminster Abbey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1606-02-28 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1668-04-07 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Lincoln College, Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | Duke of Richmond and Lennox NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | 17th century ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | English ⓘ |
| father | John Davenant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | Ben Jonson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| founded | Duke's Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
ⓘ
epic poetry ⓘ tragedy ⓘ tragicomedy ⓘ |
| hasTitle | knight bachelor ⓘ |
| honorificPrefix | Sir ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Ben Jonson
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
William Shakespeare NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
early use of actresses on the English public stage
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innovations in Restoration drama ⓘ introducing moveable scenery to the English stage ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| managed | Duke's Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mother | Jane Shepherd Davenant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | Restoration drama ⓘ |
| name | William Davenant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableIdea | development of English opera-like musical drama ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Gondibert
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Love and Honour NERFINISHED ⓘ The Cruel Brother NERFINISHED ⓘ The Fair Favorite NERFINISHED ⓘ The Law Against Lovers NERFINISHED ⓘ The Man's the Master NERFINISHED ⓘ The Platonick Lovers NERFINISHED ⓘ The Rivals NERFINISHED ⓘ The Siege NERFINISHED ⓘ The Siege of Rhodes NERFINISHED ⓘ The Unfortunate Lovers NERFINISHED ⓘ The Wits NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
librettist
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playwright ⓘ poet ⓘ theatre manager ⓘ |
| operated |
Dorset Garden Theatre
NERFINISHED
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Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| participantIn | English Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| patron | Henrietta Maria of France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Oxford
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Oxfordshire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
London, England
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surface form:
London
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| positionHeld | Poet Laureate of England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| receivedPardonFrom | Oliver Cromwell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relative | John Davenant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| wasImprisoned | Tower of London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Subject: Sir William Davenant Description of subject: Sir William Davenant was a 17th-century English poet, playwright, and theatre manager, noted for his innovations in Restoration drama and for succeeding Ben Jonson as Poet Laureate.
Referenced by (2)
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William Davenant