James Rowland Angell
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James Rowland Angell was an influential American psychologist and educator who helped shape functionalist psychology and later led major universities in the early 20th century.
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| James Rowland Angell canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Rowland Angell Context triple: [President of Yale University, hasHolder, James Rowland Angell]
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A.
Daniel Coit Gilman
Daniel Coit Gilman was an influential American educator and the first president of Johns Hopkins University, known for shaping the modern research university model in the United States.
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B.
Morris K. Jesup
Morris K. Jesup was a prominent American banker and philanthropist known for his major contributions to science, education, and cultural institutions in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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C.
William L. Harkness
William L. Harkness was an American businessman and philanthropist associated with Yale University, for which he endowed facilities that now bear his name.
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D.
Andrew Dickson White
Andrew Dickson White was an American educator, diplomat, and historian best known as the co-founder and first president of Cornell University.
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E.
Arthur Dehon Little
Arthur Dehon Little was an American chemist and pioneering management consultant who co-founded one of the world’s first consulting firms, Arthur D. Little, Inc.
- 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: James Rowland Angell Target entity description: James Rowland Angell was an influential American psychologist and educator who helped shape functionalist psychology and later led major universities in the early 20th century.
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A.
Daniel Coit Gilman
Daniel Coit Gilman was an influential American educator and the first president of Johns Hopkins University, known for shaping the modern research university model in the United States.
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B.
Morris K. Jesup
Morris K. Jesup was a prominent American banker and philanthropist known for his major contributions to science, education, and cultural institutions in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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C.
William L. Harkness
William L. Harkness was an American businessman and philanthropist associated with Yale University, for which he endowed facilities that now bear his name.
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D.
Andrew Dickson White
Andrew Dickson White was an American educator, diplomat, and historian best known as the co-founder and first president of Cornell University.
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E.
Arthur Dehon Little
Arthur Dehon Little was an American chemist and pioneering management consultant who co-founded one of the world’s first consulting firms, Arthur D. Little, Inc.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
educator
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human ⓘ university president ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline | experimental psychology ⓘ |
| awardReceived | American Psychological Association presidency ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1869-05-08 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1949-03-04 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Harvard University
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University of Berlin ⓘ
linked to:
Humboldt University of Berlin
University of Halle-Wittenberg ⓘ
linked to:
University of Halle
University of Michigan ⓘ |
| employer |
University of Chicago
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Yale University ⓘ |
| era | early 20th-century psychology ⓘ |
| familyName | Angell ⓘ |
| father | James Burrill Angell ⓘ |
| fatherOccupation | university president ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
education
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functional psychology ⓘ psychology ⓘ |
| givenName | James ⓘ |
| influenced | American functionalist school of psychology ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
John Dewey
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William James ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | American Psychological Association ⓘ |
| middleName | Rowland ⓘ |
| movement | functionalism ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
emphasis on the functions of consciousness rather than its structure
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psychology as an adjustment of the organism to its environment ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Chapters from Modern Psychology
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Psychology: An Introductory Study of the Structure and Function of Human Consciousness ⓘ The Province of Functional Psychology ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
ⓘ
psychologist ⓘ university administrator ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Burlington, Vermont, United States
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linked to:
Burlington, Vermont
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| placeOfDeath | Hamden, Connecticut, United States ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
dean of the faculties of arts, literature, and science at the University of Chicago
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president of Yale University ⓘ president of the American Psychological Association ⓘ president of the University of Chicago ⓘ professor of psychology at the University of Chicago ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Chicago, Illinois, United States
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New Haven, Connecticut, United States ⓘ
linked to:
New Haven, Connecticut
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