Jack Goody
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Jack Goody was a prominent British social anthropologist known for his influential work on kinship, literacy, and the comparative study of social systems across Africa and Eurasia.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Jack Goody canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6869703 — 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: Jack Goody Context triple: [Huxley Memorial Medal, notableRecipient, Jack Goody]
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A.
Paul Kiparsky
Paul Kiparsky is a prominent linguist known for his influential work in generative phonology and historical linguistics.
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B.
Roger Blench
Roger Blench is a British linguist, anthropologist, and Africanist known for his extensive fieldwork and research on under-documented languages and cultures, particularly in Africa.
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C.
Robert Blust
Robert Blust was an influential American linguist and Austronesian specialist known for his extensive comparative and historical work on the languages of the Pacific and Southeast Asia.
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D.
Michael Halliday
Michael Halliday was a British linguist best known for developing Systemic Functional Linguistics, a theory that emphasizes the social functions of language in context.
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E.
Michael Halliday
Michael Halliday was a young English poet and close friend of composer Benjamin Britten whose death in World War II inspired the dedication of Britten’s "War Requiem" to his memory.
- 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: Jack Goody Target entity description: Jack Goody was a prominent British social anthropologist known for his influential work on kinship, literacy, and the comparative study of social systems across Africa and Eurasia.
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A.
Paul Kiparsky
Paul Kiparsky is a prominent linguist known for his influential work in generative phonology and historical linguistics.
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B.
Roger Blench
Roger Blench is a British linguist, anthropologist, and Africanist known for his extensive fieldwork and research on under-documented languages and cultures, particularly in Africa.
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C.
Robert Blust
Robert Blust was an influential American linguist and Austronesian specialist known for his extensive comparative and historical work on the languages of the Pacific and Southeast Asia.
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D.
Michael Halliday
Michael Halliday was a British linguist best known for developing Systemic Functional Linguistics, a theory that emphasizes the social functions of language in context.
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E.
Michael Halliday
Michael Halliday was a young English poet and close friend of composer Benjamin Britten whose death in World War II inspired the dedication of Britten’s "War Requiem" to his memory.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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social anthropologist ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| educatedAt | St John’s College, Cambridge ⓘ |
| employer |
St John’s College, Cambridge
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University of Cambridge ⓘ
linked to:
Cambridge University
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| ethnicGroup | English ⓘ |
| familyName | Goody ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
African studies
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Eurasian social systems ⓘ anthropology of kinship ⓘ anthropology of literacy ⓘ comparative sociology ⓘ social anthropology ⓘ |
| givenName | Jack ⓘ |
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| influenced |
Africanist anthropology
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anthropology of kinship ⓘ historical sociology ⓘ literacy studies ⓘ |
| knownFor |
comparative analysis of Africa and Eurasia
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comparative study of kinship systems ⓘ critique of Eurocentrism in social theory ⓘ theory of literacy and social organization ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | British Academy ⓘ |
| name | Jack Goody ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Cooking, Cuisine and Class
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Production and Reproduction ⓘ The Development of the Family and Marriage in Europe ⓘ The Domestication of the Savage Mind ⓘ The East in the West ⓘ The Logic of Writing and the Organization of Society ⓘ The Theft of History ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Hertfordshire ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Fellow of St John’s College, Cambridge
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Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Cambridge ⓘ |
| studied |
comparative history of Eurasia
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inheritance systems ⓘ kinship ⓘ marriage systems ⓘ oral and written traditions ⓘ social change in Africa ⓘ |
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Subject: Jack Goody Description of subject: Jack Goody was a prominent British social anthropologist known for his influential work on kinship, literacy, and the comparative study of social systems across Africa and Eurasia.
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