Lorenzo Snow
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Lorenzo Snow was the fifth president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, known for stabilizing the church’s finances and promoting the principle of tithing at the turn of the 20th century.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lorenzo Snow canonical | 8 |
| Lorenzo Snow Jr. | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5551302 — 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: Lorenzo Snow Context triple: [Lorenzo, hasNotableBearer, Lorenzo Snow]
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A.
Wilford Woodruff
Wilford Woodruff was a prominent early Latter-day Saint apostle and fourth president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, known for leading the church through the transition away from plural marriage and helping establish it in the American West.
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B.
Brigham Young
Brigham Young was a 19th-century American religious leader who led the Latter-day Saints to the American West and served as the second president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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C.
George Albert Smith
George Albert Smith was a pioneering British filmmaker and early cinema innovator known for his contributions to narrative film techniques and special effects in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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D.
Heber C. Kimball
Heber C. Kimball was an early Latter-day Saint apostle and influential leader who played a key role in guiding and establishing the Mormon pioneer community in the American West.
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E.
William L. Clayton
William L. Clayton was an influential American businessman and government official who played a key role in shaping U.S. economic policy and the post–World War II Marshall Plan.
- 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: Lorenzo Snow Target entity description: Lorenzo Snow was the fifth president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, known for stabilizing the church’s finances and promoting the principle of tithing at the turn of the 20th century.
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A.
Wilford Woodruff
Wilford Woodruff was a prominent early Latter-day Saint apostle and fourth president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, known for leading the church through the transition away from plural marriage and helping establish it in the American West.
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B.
Brigham Young
Brigham Young was a 19th-century American religious leader who led the Latter-day Saints to the American West and served as the second president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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C.
George Albert Smith
George Albert Smith was a pioneering British filmmaker and early cinema innovator known for his contributions to narrative film techniques and special effects in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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D.
Heber C. Kimball
Heber C. Kimball was an early Latter-day Saint apostle and influential leader who played a key role in guiding and establishing the Mormon pioneer community in the American West.
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E.
William L. Clayton
William L. Clayton was an influential American businessman and government official who played a key role in shaping U.S. economic policy and the post–World War II Marshall Plan.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (65)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
ⓘ
president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ⓘ religious leader ⓘ |
| baptismDate | 1836 ⓘ |
| baptizedInto |
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
ⓘ
linked to:
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
|
| birthDate | 1814-04-03 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Mantua, Ohio
ⓘ
Portage County, Ohio ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| burialPlace |
Brigham City Cemetery
ⓘ
Brigham City, Utah ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1901-10-10 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Salt Lake City, Utah
ⓘ
linked to:
Salt Lake City
Utah, United States ⓘ
linked to:
Utah
|
| endTime | 1901-10-10 ⓘ |
| familyName | Snow ⓘ |
| givenName | Lorenzo ⓘ |
| knownFor |
emphasizing the payment of tithing in the LDS Church
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encouraging members to pay a full tithe ⓘ leadership during financial crisis of the LDS Church in the 1890s ⓘ promoting the principle of tithing at the turn of the 20th century ⓘ reorganizing church finances ⓘ stabilizing the finances of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ⓘ visiting church members to encourage tithing after becoming church president ⓘ |
| leaderOf | Box Elder Stake (LDS Church) ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Council of Fifty
ⓘ
Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (LDS Church) ⓘ |
| missionaryWork |
England
ⓘ
Hawaii ⓘ Italy ⓘ Switzerland ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Latter-day Saint hymn "O My Father" (family association; written by his sister Eliza R. Snow)
ⓘ
linked to:
“O My Father”
|
| numberOfChildren | many ⓘ |
| occupation |
missionary
ⓘ
religious leader ⓘ |
| office |
President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
ⓘ
linked to:
First Presidency
|
| positionHeld |
5th president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
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LDS Church apostle ⓘ President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the LDS Church ⓘ member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the LDS Church ⓘ |
| precededBy | Wilford Woodruff ⓘ |
| religion |
Latter-day Saint
ⓘ
linked to:
Latter Day Saint
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ⓘ
linked to:
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
|
| residence |
Brigham City, Utah
ⓘ
Nauvoo, Illinois ⓘ Salt Lake City, Utah ⓘ
linked to:
Salt Lake City
|
| sibling |
Eliza R. Snow
ⓘ
Lorenzo Snow Jr. ⓘ
linked to:
Lorenzo Snow
|
| spouse |
Adelaide Woodward
ⓘ
Caroline Horton ⓘ Charlotte Squires ⓘ Eleanor Houtz ⓘ Harriet Amelia Squires ⓘ Maria Susan West ⓘ Mary Adaline Goddard ⓘ Mary Elizabeth Houtz ⓘ Phoebe Woodruff ⓘ
linked to:
Phoebe Carter Woodruff
Sarah Ann Haines ⓘ Sarah Ann Prichard ⓘ Sarah Elizabeth Groesbeck ⓘ Sarah Minnie Ephramina Jensen ⓘ Sarah Minnie Ephramina Jensen Snow ⓘ |
| startTime | 1898-09-13 ⓘ |
| succeededBy | Joseph F. Smith ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Lorenzo Snow Description of subject: Lorenzo Snow was the fifth president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, known for stabilizing the church’s finances and promoting the principle of tithing at the turn of the 20th century.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Lorenzo Snow