Samuel Gridley Howe
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Samuel Gridley Howe was a 19th-century American physician, abolitionist, and pioneering educator best known for his work with the blind and as the first director of the Perkins School for the Blind.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Samuel Gridley Howe canonical | 12 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T438742 — 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: Samuel Gridley Howe Context triple: [Julia Ward Howe, spouse, Samuel Gridley Howe]
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A.
George Ripley
George Ripley was a 19th-century American transcendentalist, social reformer, and journalist best known for founding the utopian community Brook Farm and contributing to the Transcendentalist movement.
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B.
George Comstock
George Comstock was an American astronomer and academic known for his contributions to observational astronomy and his role in shaping professional astronomical organizations in the United States.
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C.
Calvin Ellis Stowe
Calvin Ellis Stowe was an American biblical scholar and professor best known for his influential work in religious education and as the husband of author Harriet Beecher Stowe.
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D.
Henry Ward Beecher
Henry Ward Beecher was a prominent 19th-century American Congregationalist clergyman, social reformer, and abolitionist known for his powerful preaching against slavery.
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E.
Elizabeth Peabody
Elizabeth Peabody was a 19th-century American educator, publisher, and Transcendentalist known for pioneering kindergarten education in the United States and promoting progressive intellectual and social reform.
- 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: Samuel Gridley Howe Target entity description: Samuel Gridley Howe was a 19th-century American physician, abolitionist, and pioneering educator best known for his work with the blind and as the first director of the Perkins School for the Blind.
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A.
George Ripley
George Ripley was a 19th-century American transcendentalist, social reformer, and journalist best known for founding the utopian community Brook Farm and contributing to the Transcendentalist movement.
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B.
George Comstock
George Comstock was an American astronomer and academic known for his contributions to observational astronomy and his role in shaping professional astronomical organizations in the United States.
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C.
Calvin Ellis Stowe
Calvin Ellis Stowe was an American biblical scholar and professor best known for his influential work in religious education and as the husband of author Harriet Beecher Stowe.
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D.
Henry Ward Beecher
Henry Ward Beecher was a prominent 19th-century American Congregationalist clergyman, social reformer, and abolitionist known for his powerful preaching against slavery.
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E.
Elizabeth Peabody
Elizabeth Peabody was a 19th-century American educator, publisher, and Transcendentalist known for pioneering kindergarten education in the United States and promoting progressive intellectual and social reform.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American abolitionist
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abolitionist ⓘ educator ⓘ human ⓘ physician ⓘ social reformer ⓘ |
| advocatedFor |
abolition of slavery in the United States
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education of people with disabilities ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1801-11-10 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Boston, Massachusetts
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surface form:
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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| burialPlace |
Mount Auburn Cemetery
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surface form:
Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
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| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1876-01-09 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Boston, Massachusetts
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surface form:
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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| educatedAt |
Brown University
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Harvard Medical School ⓘ |
| employer | Perkins School for the Blind ⓘ |
| familyName | Howe ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
education of the blind
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medicine ⓘ social reform ⓘ |
| fullName | Samuel Gridley Howe self-link ⓘ |
| genre | nonfiction ⓘ |
| givenName | Samuel ⓘ |
| knownFor | educating Laura Bridgman, a deafblind student ⓘ |
| memberOf | American Anti-Slavery Society ⓘ |
| militaryRole | surgeon in the Greek War of Independence ⓘ |
| movement |
abolitionism
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disability rights advocacy ⓘ education reform ⓘ prison reform ⓘ |
| notableFor |
directorship of the Perkins School for the Blind
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pioneering education for the blind ⓘ |
| notableStudent | Laura Bridgman ⓘ |
| notableWork | Annual reports on the education of the blind ⓘ |
| occupation |
abolitionist
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educator ⓘ physician ⓘ social reformer ⓘ |
| parentOf |
Florence Howe Hall
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Maud Howe Elliott ⓘ
surface form:
Julia Romana Howe
Laura E. Richards ⓘ Maud Howe Elliott ⓘ |
| participatedIn | Greek War of Independence ⓘ |
| positionHeld | first director of the Perkins School for the Blind ⓘ |
| religion | Unitarianism ⓘ |
| residence |
Boston, Massachusetts
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surface form:
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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| spouse | Julia Ward Howe ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Samuel Gridley Howe Description of subject: Samuel Gridley Howe was a 19th-century American physician, abolitionist, and pioneering educator best known for his work with the blind and as the first director of the Perkins School for the Blind.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Julia Ward Howe