Paul Pelliot
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Paul Pelliot was a French sinologist and explorer renowned for his early 20th-century expeditions in Central Asia and his pioneering work on Chinese and Central Asian manuscripts.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Paul Pelliot canonical | 3 |
| Paul Eugène Pelliot | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5460077 — 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: Paul Pelliot Context triple: [Mogao Caves, manuscriptsCollectedBy, Paul Pelliot]
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A.
Aurel Stein
Aurel Stein was a Hungarian-British archaeologist and explorer renowned for his pioneering expeditions in Central Asia, during which he uncovered important Silk Road manuscripts and archaeological sites.
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B.
Pierre-Étienne Flandin
Pierre-Étienne Flandin was a French politician and statesman who served as Prime Minister of France during the interwar period and was a prominent figure of the Third Republic.
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C.
Ernst Herzfeld
Ernst Herzfeld was a German archaeologist and Iranologist renowned for his pioneering excavations and research on ancient Persian sites and civilizations.
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D.
Pierre Montet
Pierre Montet was a French Egyptologist renowned for his excavations and discoveries in ancient Egyptian sites, particularly royal tombs.
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E.
Charles Texier
Charles Texier was a 19th-century French archaeologist and explorer known for pioneering excavations and studies of ancient Anatolian sites.
- 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: Paul Pelliot Target entity description: Paul Pelliot was a French sinologist and explorer renowned for his early 20th-century expeditions in Central Asia and his pioneering work on Chinese and Central Asian manuscripts.
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A.
Aurel Stein
Aurel Stein was a Hungarian-British archaeologist and explorer renowned for his pioneering expeditions in Central Asia, during which he uncovered important Silk Road manuscripts and archaeological sites.
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B.
Pierre-Étienne Flandin
Pierre-Étienne Flandin was a French politician and statesman who served as Prime Minister of France during the interwar period and was a prominent figure of the Third Republic.
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C.
Ernst Herzfeld
Ernst Herzfeld was a German archaeologist and Iranologist renowned for his pioneering excavations and research on ancient Persian sites and civilizations.
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D.
Pierre Montet
Pierre Montet was a French Egyptologist renowned for his excavations and discoveries in ancient Egyptian sites, particularly royal tombs.
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E.
Charles Texier
Charles Texier was a 19th-century French archaeologist and explorer known for pioneering excavations and studies of ancient Anatolian sites.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French academic
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explorer ⓘ human ⓘ sinologist ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | France ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1878-05-28 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1945-10-26 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
École des langues orientales
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École française d’Extrême-Orient ⓘ
linked to:
École française d’Extrême-Orient site
|
| employer | Collège de France ⓘ |
| era | early 20th century ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Buddhist studies
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Central Asian studies ⓘ Chinese studies ⓘ historical linguistics ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| knownFor |
French expedition to Chinese Turkestan (1906–1908)
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acquisition of manuscripts from Dunhuang ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
Chinese
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Classical Chinese ⓘ French ⓘ Turkic languages ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres
ⓘ
linked to:
Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres
École française d’Extrême-Orient ⓘ
linked to:
École française d’Extrême-Orient site
|
| name |
Paul Eugène Pelliot
ⓘ
linked to:
Paul Pelliot
|
| nationality | French ⓘ |
| notableFor |
expeditions in Central Asia
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research on Silk Road history ⓘ study of Dunhuang manuscripts ⓘ work on Chinese and Central Asian manuscripts ⓘ |
| notableWork |
editions of Dunhuang texts
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studies on the history of the Silk Road ⓘ translation and study of Marco Polo’s Travels ⓘ |
| occupation |
explorer
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historian ⓘ philologist ⓘ sinologist ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
France
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Paris ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
France
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Paris ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
chair of Central Asian languages and history at Collège de France
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professor at Collège de France ⓘ |
| researchFocus |
Central Asian Buddhism
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Mongol Empire history ⓘ Silk Road trade routes ⓘ
linked to:
Silk Road routes
Uyghur and Turkic texts ⓘ |
| traveledTo |
Central Asia
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Chinese Turkestan ⓘ Dunhuang ⓘ |
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Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Paul Pelliot