Peter Waage
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Peter Waage was a Norwegian chemist best known for formulating the law of mass action with Cato Guldberg, a foundational principle in chemical kinetics and equilibrium.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Peter Waage canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6565504 — 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 Waage Context triple: [Guldberg and Waage Medal, namedAfter, Peter Waage]
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A.
Carl Nesjar
Carl Nesjar was a Norwegian artist and sculptor best known for his long-term collaboration with Pablo Picasso, realizing many of Picasso’s monumental concrete and sandblasted public artworks.
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B.
Christian M. Ravndal
Christian M. Ravndal was an American diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to Hungary.
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C.
Ralph Høibakk
Ralph Høibakk is a Norwegian mountaineer and engineer known for his pioneering high-altitude climbs, including the first ascent of the Himalayan peak Tirich Mir.
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D.
John Myhre
John Myhre is an Academy Award–winning American production designer and art director known for his work on major films such as "Chicago," "Memoirs of a Geisha," and "Dreamgirls."
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E.
Johan P. Olsen
Johan P. Olsen is a prominent Norwegian political scientist known for his influential work on organizational theory and institutionalism, often in collaboration with James G. March.
- 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 Waage Target entity description: Peter Waage was a Norwegian chemist best known for formulating the law of mass action with Cato Guldberg, a foundational principle in chemical kinetics and equilibrium.
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A.
Carl Nesjar
Carl Nesjar was a Norwegian artist and sculptor best known for his long-term collaboration with Pablo Picasso, realizing many of Picasso’s monumental concrete and sandblasted public artworks.
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B.
Christian M. Ravndal
Christian M. Ravndal was an American diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to Hungary.
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C.
Ralph Høibakk
Ralph Høibakk is a Norwegian mountaineer and engineer known for his pioneering high-altitude climbs, including the first ascent of the Himalayan peak Tirich Mir.
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D.
John Myhre
John Myhre is an Academy Award–winning American production designer and art director known for his work on major films such as "Chicago," "Memoirs of a Geisha," and "Dreamgirls."
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E.
Johan P. Olsen
Johan P. Olsen is a prominent Norwegian political scientist known for his influential work on organizational theory and institutionalism, often in collaboration with James G. March.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
chemist
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human ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline | physical chemistry ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Order of St. Olav NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Vår Frelsers gravlund NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| citizenship | Norway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coAuthor | Cato Maximilian Guldberg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith | Cato Maximilian Guldberg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Norway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Norway ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | Norway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1833-06-29 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1900-01-13 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | University of Christiania NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | University of Christiania NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | 19th-century science ⓘ |
| familyName | Waage NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
chemical equilibrium
ⓘ
chemical kinetics ⓘ chemistry ⓘ |
| givenName | Peter ⓘ |
| hasAcademicRank | professor ⓘ |
| hasWork | Studies on affinity (mass action) with Cato Guldberg ⓘ |
| influenced |
development of chemical kinetics
ⓘ
study of chemical equilibrium ⓘ |
| knownFor | formulation of the law of mass action ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
German
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Norwegian ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters
NERFINISHED
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Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Peter Waage NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Norwegian ⓘ |
| notableIdea | law of mass action NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork | law of mass action ⓘ |
| occupation | chemist ⓘ |
| partOf | history of physical chemistry ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Flekkefjord NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Christiania NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relative | Cato Maximilian Guldberg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Lutheranism ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse |
Johanne Christiane Tandberg Riddervold
NERFINISHED
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Mathilde Sofie Guldberg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workLocation | Christiania NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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