William Roy
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William Roy was an 18th-century Scottish military engineer and surveyor whose pioneering mapping work laid the foundations for Britain’s Ordnance Survey.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| William Roy canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5886526 — 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.
Target entity: William Roy Context triple: [Surveyor-General of the Ordnance, notableOfficeHolder, William Roy]
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George Johnstone
George Johnstone was an 18th-century British naval officer and colonial administrator who played a key role in governing British territories in North America.
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Lewis Clive
Lewis Clive was a British Olympic gold-medalist rower and left-wing intellectual who became notable for volunteering and dying as an anti-fascist fighter in the Spanish Civil War.
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C.
Colin Campbell
Colin Campbell was a British Army officer and field marshal best known for leading the relief of Lucknow and playing a key role in suppressing the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
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D.
Edward Pakenham
Edward Pakenham was a British Army general of the Napoleonic Wars, best known for leading the ill-fated British assault during the War of 1812 in which he was killed.
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E.
Sir Andrew Clarke
Sir Andrew Clarke was a 19th-century British colonial administrator and soldier best known for his influential role in shaping British policy and governance in Southeast Asia, particularly in the Malay Peninsula.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: William Roy Target entity description: William Roy was an 18th-century Scottish military engineer and surveyor whose pioneering mapping work laid the foundations for Britain’s Ordnance Survey.
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A.
George Johnstone
George Johnstone was an 18th-century British naval officer and colonial administrator who played a key role in governing British territories in North America.
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B.
Lewis Clive
Lewis Clive was a British Olympic gold-medalist rower and left-wing intellectual who became notable for volunteering and dying as an anti-fascist fighter in the Spanish Civil War.
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C.
Colin Campbell
Colin Campbell was a British Army officer and field marshal best known for leading the relief of Lucknow and playing a key role in suppressing the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
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D.
Edward Pakenham
Edward Pakenham was a British Army general of the Napoleonic Wars, best known for leading the ill-fated British assault during the War of 1812 in which he was killed.
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E.
Sir Andrew Clarke
Sir Andrew Clarke was a 19th-century British colonial administrator and soldier best known for his influential role in shaping British policy and governance in Southeast Asia, particularly in the Malay Peninsula.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Scottish person
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cartographer ⓘ military engineer ⓘ person ⓘ surveyor ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1726-05-04 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Carluke
NERFINISHED
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Lanarkshire NERFINISHED ⓘ Scotland ⓘ |
| burialPlace | St Paul’s, Covent Garden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 18th century ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | Duke of Cumberland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1790-07-01 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
England
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London, England ⓘ
surface form:
London
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| designed | baseline measurement on Hounslow Heath ⓘ |
| electedTo | Fellow of the Royal Society NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| electionToRoyalSocietyYear | 1767 ⓘ |
| employer |
Board of Ordnance
NERFINISHED
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British Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
cartography
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geodesy ⓘ surveying ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| honouredBy | Royal Society of Edinburgh (posthumous recognition) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced | creation of the Ordnance Survey ⓘ |
| initiated | Anglo-French survey to link Greenwich and Paris observatories ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Anglo-French geodetic survey
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Military Survey of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ foundational work for the Ordnance Survey ⓘ pioneering large-scale mapping of Great Britain ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legacy | considered the father of the Ordnance Survey ⓘ |
| memberOf | Royal Society ⓘ |
| militaryRank | Major-General ⓘ |
| name | William Roy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | Scottish ⓘ |
| notableProjectLocation |
England
NERFINISHED
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Hounslow Heath NERFINISHED ⓘ Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
cartographer
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military engineer ⓘ surveyor ⓘ |
| participatedIn | Jacobite rising of 1745 campaigns (as surveyor) ⓘ |
| produced | Military Survey of Scotland 1747–1755 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence |
London, England
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surface form:
London
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Subject: William Roy Description of subject: William Roy was an 18th-century Scottish military engineer and surveyor whose pioneering mapping work laid the foundations for Britain’s Ordnance Survey.
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