Mary Douglas
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Mary Douglas was a prominent British anthropologist best known for her influential work on symbolism, purity, and risk in social and cultural systems.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Mary Douglas canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6869702 — 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: Mary Douglas Context triple: [Huxley Memorial Medal, notableRecipient, Mary Douglas]
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A.
Judith Bowles
Judith Bowles is the mother of American actress and comedian Julia Louis-Dreyfus.
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B.
Elizabeth Dowdeswell
Elizabeth Dowdeswell is a Canadian public servant and former Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations who has served as the 29th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario.
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C.
Mary Glendinning
Mary Glendinning is a central maternal figure in Herman Melville’s novel "Pierre; or, The Ambiguities," whose complex relationship with her son underscores the book’s themes of family, identity, and moral uncertainty.
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D.
Judith Faulkner
Judith Faulkner is an American billionaire businesswoman and software engineer best known as the founder and longtime CEO of Epic Systems, one of the largest healthcare software companies in the world.
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E.
Mary Douglas Glasspool
Mary Douglas Glasspool is an American Episcopal bishop notable for being one of the first openly lesbian bishops in the Anglican Communion.
- 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: Mary Douglas Target entity description: Mary Douglas was a prominent British anthropologist best known for her influential work on symbolism, purity, and risk in social and cultural systems.
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A.
Judith Bowles
Judith Bowles is the mother of American actress and comedian Julia Louis-Dreyfus.
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B.
Elizabeth Dowdeswell
Elizabeth Dowdeswell is a Canadian public servant and former Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations who has served as the 29th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario.
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C.
Mary Glendinning
Mary Glendinning is a central maternal figure in Herman Melville’s novel "Pierre; or, The Ambiguities," whose complex relationship with her son underscores the book’s themes of family, identity, and moral uncertainty.
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D.
Judith Faulkner
Judith Faulkner is an American billionaire businesswoman and software engineer best known as the founder and longtime CEO of Epic Systems, one of the largest healthcare software companies in the world.
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E.
Mary Douglas Glasspool
Mary Douglas Glasspool is an American Episcopal bishop notable for being one of the first openly lesbian bishops in the Anglican Communion.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
anthropologist
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human ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United Kingdom
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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ⓘ
linked to:
United Kingdom
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| educatedAt |
St Anne's College, Oxford
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University of Oxford ⓘ |
| employer |
Northwestern University
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Princeton University ⓘ University College London ⓘ |
| familyName | Douglas ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
comparative religion
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cultural theory ⓘ religion ⓘ risk perception ⓘ ritual ⓘ social anthropology ⓘ symbolism ⓘ |
| givenName | Mary ⓘ |
| influenced |
cultural studies
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environmental risk analysis ⓘ religious studies ⓘ sociology of risk ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Claude Lévi-Strauss
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Émile Durkheim ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| mainInterest |
classification systems
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concepts of purity and pollution ⓘ religious ritual and taboo ⓘ risk and blame in modern societies ⓘ symbolism in social life ⓘ |
| movement |
cultural theory of risk
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structuralism ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
cultural theory of risk
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grid-group cultural theory ⓘ |
| notableWork |
How Institutions Think
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Implicit Meanings ⓘ In the Wilderness: The Doctrine of Defilement in the Book of Numbers ⓘ Leviticus as Literature ⓘ Natural Symbols ⓘ Purity and Danger ⓘ Purity and Danger: An Analysis of Concepts of Pollution and Taboo ⓘ
linked to:
Purity and Danger
Risk and Culture ⓘ Thought Styles ⓘ |
| occupation |
anthropologist
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university teacher ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| positionHeld | professor of anthropology ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: Mary Douglas Description of subject: Mary Douglas was a prominent British anthropologist best known for her influential work on symbolism, purity, and risk in social and cultural systems.
Referenced by (2)
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