Peter Raymond Grant
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Peter Raymond Grant is a British evolutionary biologist renowned for his long-term field studies of Darwin’s finches in the Galápagos Islands, which provided key evidence for rapid evolution and natural selection in the wild.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Peter Raymond Grant canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6683341 — 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: Peter Raymond Grant Context triple: [Peter R. Grant, name, Peter Raymond Grant]
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A.
Alexander Keith Marshall
Alexander Keith Marshall was a 19th-century American physician and politician from Kentucky who served as a U.S. Representative.
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B.
Colin Hodgkin
Colin Hodgkin is a notable individual who shares the distinguished Hodgkin surname, likely recognized for contributions in a professional or academic field.
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C.
Peter Crompton
Peter Crompton was a British physician and intellectual active in late 18th- and early 19th-century England, known for his involvement in scientific and reformist circles.
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D.
George Murray Smith
George Murray Smith was a prominent 19th-century British publisher known for founding influential literary periodicals and publishing major Victorian authors.
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E.
Adrian Hodgkin
Adrian Hodgkin was a British biochemist known for his contributions to the study of nerve impulses and membrane physiology.
- 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: Peter Raymond Grant Target entity description: Peter Raymond Grant is a British evolutionary biologist renowned for his long-term field studies of Darwin’s finches in the Galápagos Islands, which provided key evidence for rapid evolution and natural selection in the wild.
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A.
Alexander Keith Marshall
Alexander Keith Marshall was a 19th-century American physician and politician from Kentucky who served as a U.S. Representative.
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B.
Colin Hodgkin
Colin Hodgkin is a notable individual who shares the distinguished Hodgkin surname, likely recognized for contributions in a professional or academic field.
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C.
Peter Crompton
Peter Crompton was a British physician and intellectual active in late 18th- and early 19th-century England, known for his involvement in scientific and reformist circles.
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D.
George Murray Smith
George Murray Smith was a prominent 19th-century British publisher known for founding influential literary periodicals and publishing major Victorian authors.
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E.
Adrian Hodgkin
Adrian Hodgkin was a British biochemist known for his contributions to the study of nerve impulses and membrane physiology.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic
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evolutionary biologist ⓘ university professor ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Balzan Prize
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Darwin–Wallace Medal ⓘ Kyoto Prize in Basic Sciences ⓘ |
| basedOn |
field observations
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long-term ecological monitoring ⓘ |
| coAuthor |
B. Rosemary Grant
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linked to:
Rosemary Grant
|
| countryOfCitizenship |
Canada
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United Kingdom ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of British Columbia
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University of Cambridge ⓘ
linked to:
Cambridge University
|
| employer | Princeton University ⓘ |
| familyName | Grant ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
ecology
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evolutionary biology ⓘ ornithology ⓘ population biology ⓘ |
| givenName | Peter ⓘ |
| hasResearchSubject |
Darwin’s finches
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linked to:
Galápagos finches
adaptive radiation ⓘ evolutionary dynamics in small populations ⓘ natural selection ⓘ speciation ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Charles Darwin
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modern synthesis of evolutionary biology ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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Royal Society ⓘ |
| name | Peter Raymond Grant ⓘ |
| notableFor | studies of Darwin’s finches in the Galápagos Islands ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
empirical demonstration of rapid evolution in the wild
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measurement of natural selection across generations ⓘ |
| notableWork |
long-term field studies of Darwin’s finches
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research on natural selection in Galápagos finches ⓘ research on rapid evolution in the wild ⓘ |
| publication |
Ecology and Evolution of Darwin’s Finches
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How and Why Species Multiply: The Radiation of Darwin’s Finches ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse |
B. Rosemary Grant
ⓘ
linked to:
Rosemary Grant
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| workLocation |
Galápagos Islands
ⓘ
Princeton, New Jersey ⓘ
linked to:
Princeton, New Jersey, United States
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Referenced by (2)
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