Secretary of the Board of Longitude
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The Secretary of the Board of Longitude was an official role in the British government responsible for administering and recording the work of the Board, which oversaw efforts to solve the problem of determining longitude at sea.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Secretary of the Board of Longitude canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T416933 — 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: Secretary of the Board of Longitude Context triple: [Thomas Young, positionHeld, Secretary of the Board of Longitude]
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A.
President of the Royal Society
The President of the Royal Society is the elected head of the United Kingdom’s national academy of sciences, overseeing its scientific leadership, governance, and public representation.
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B.
Treasurer of the Navy
The Treasurer of the Navy was a senior British government office responsible for overseeing naval finances and expenditures within the Royal Navy administration.
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C.
Postmaster General of Great Britain
The Postmaster General of Great Britain was the senior government official historically responsible for overseeing the national postal system and related communications services in Great Britain.
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D.
Lucasian Professor of Mathematics
The Lucasian Professor of Mathematics is a prestigious endowed chair in mathematics at the University of Cambridge, historically held by some of the world's most influential scientists.
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E.
Secretary of the Admiralty
The Secretary of the Admiralty was a senior British naval administrative office responsible for managing the correspondence, records, and day-to-day business of the Royal Navy’s governing body.
- 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: Secretary of the Board of Longitude Target entity description: The Secretary of the Board of Longitude was an official role in the British government responsible for administering and recording the work of the Board, which oversaw efforts to solve the problem of determining longitude at sea.
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A.
President of the Royal Society
The President of the Royal Society is the elected head of the United Kingdom’s national academy of sciences, overseeing its scientific leadership, governance, and public representation.
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B.
Treasurer of the Navy
The Treasurer of the Navy was a senior British government office responsible for overseeing naval finances and expenditures within the Royal Navy administration.
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C.
Postmaster General of Great Britain
The Postmaster General of Great Britain was the senior government official historically responsible for overseeing the national postal system and related communications services in Great Britain.
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D.
Lucasian Professor of Mathematics
The Lucasian Professor of Mathematics is a prestigious endowed chair in mathematics at the University of Cambridge, historically held by some of the world's most influential scientists.
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E.
Secretary of the Admiralty
The Secretary of the Admiralty was a senior British naval administrative office responsible for managing the correspondence, records, and day-to-day business of the Royal Navy’s governing body.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
administrative position
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government office ⓘ |
| abolished | 19th century ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction |
UK government
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surface form:
British government
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| country |
Kingdom of Great Britain
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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ |
| documentedIn |
House of Commons papers
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surface form:
British parliamentary papers
Royal Observatory, Greenwich ⓘ
surface form:
archives of the Royal Greenwich Observatory
minutes of the Board of Longitude ⓘ |
| employer |
Board of Longitude
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UK government ⓘ
surface form:
British government
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| fieldOfWork |
astronomy
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longitude determination ⓘ maritime science ⓘ navigation ⓘ timekeeping ⓘ |
| hasDuty |
archiving technical reports and evaluations
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ensuring compliance with the Longitude Acts ⓘ issuing official notices on longitude rewards ⓘ liaison with the Royal Navy on longitude experiments ⓘ liaison with the Royal Society on scientific assessments ⓘ maintaining official registers of longitude trials ⓘ preparing documentation for Parliament when required ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalSignificance |
contributing to safer long‑distance sea navigation
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facilitating evaluation of John Harrison’s timekeepers ⓘ supporting astronomical methods of finding longitude ⓘ supporting the development of marine chronometers ⓘ |
| hasRole |
administration of payments and grants awarded by the Board
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administration of the Board of Longitude ⓘ communication of Board decisions to the Admiralty and other bodies ⓘ correspondence with inventors and navigators ⓘ custody of Board of Longitude records ⓘ management of applications for longitude rewards ⓘ organization of Board of Longitude meetings ⓘ preparation of minutes and reports ⓘ recording proceedings of the Board of Longitude ⓘ |
| inception | 18th century ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity |
London, England
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surface form:
London
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| partOf | Board of Longitude ⓘ |
| reasonForAbolition | dissolution of the Board of Longitude ⓘ |
| usedLanguage | English ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Secretary of the Board of Longitude Description of subject: The Secretary of the Board of Longitude was an official role in the British government responsible for administering and recording the work of the Board, which oversaw efforts to solve the problem of determining longitude at sea.
Referenced by (1)
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