Samuel Pepys Cockerell
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Samuel Pepys Cockerell was an 18th-century British architect known for his neoclassical designs on major public and private buildings in London and beyond.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Samuel Pepys Cockerell canonical | 2 |
| Frederick Pepys Cockerell | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7024711 — 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 Pepys Cockerell Context triple: [Old Admiralty Building, architect, Samuel Pepys Cockerell]
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A.
Francis Cockburn
Francis Cockburn was a British colonial official after whom Cockburn Town in the Turks and Caicos Islands was named.
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B.
John Birbeck
John Birbeck was one of the climbers who achieved the first recorded ascent of Dufourspitze, the highest peak in Switzerland and the Monte Rosa massif.
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C.
Sir Isaac Pocock
Sir Isaac Pocock was a 19th-century English dramatist and librettist known for his popular stage adaptations and comic operas.
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D.
John Whittington
John Whittington is a screenwriter known for his work on animated and superhero films, including DC League of Super-Pets.
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E.
Peter Barlow
Peter Barlow was a 19th-century English mathematician and physicist known for his work in number theory, optics, and for Barlow's Tables of mathematical functions.
- 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 Pepys Cockerell Target entity description: Samuel Pepys Cockerell was an 18th-century British architect known for his neoclassical designs on major public and private buildings in London and beyond.
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A.
Francis Cockburn
Francis Cockburn was a British colonial official after whom Cockburn Town in the Turks and Caicos Islands was named.
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B.
John Birbeck
John Birbeck was one of the climbers who achieved the first recorded ascent of Dufourspitze, the highest peak in Switzerland and the Monte Rosa massif.
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C.
Sir Isaac Pocock
Sir Isaac Pocock was a 19th-century English dramatist and librettist known for his popular stage adaptations and comic operas.
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D.
John Whittington
John Whittington is a screenwriter known for his work on animated and superhero films, including DC League of Super-Pets.
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E.
Peter Barlow
Peter Barlow was a 19th-century English mathematician and physicist known for his work in number theory, optics, and for Barlow's Tables of mathematical functions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
architect
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human ⓘ |
| activeInCentury |
18th century
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19th century ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | neoclassical ⓘ |
| child | Charles Robert Cockerell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Kingdom of Great Britain
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United Kingdom ⓘ |
| designed |
Admiralty House, London
NERFINISHED
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Daylesford House NERFINISHED ⓘ East India House (rebuilding) NERFINISHED ⓘ Sezincote House NERFINISHED ⓘ Sun Fire Office, London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | East India Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Cockerell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fatherOf | Charles Robert Cockerell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | architecture ⓘ |
| genre | Neoclassical architecture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Samuel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRelative | Charles Robert Cockerell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| movement | Neoclassicism ⓘ |
| name | Samuel Pepys Cockerell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableFor |
country houses in England
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major public buildings in London ⓘ neoclassical designs ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Admiralty House, London
NERFINISHED
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Daylesford House NERFINISHED ⓘ East India House (rebuilding) NERFINISHED ⓘ Lloyd’s Coffee House (Lloyd’s of London premises, 1770s–1780s) NERFINISHED ⓘ Sezincote House NERFINISHED ⓘ Sun Fire Office, London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation | architect ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Surveyor to the East India Company ⓘ |
| relative | Samuel Pepys NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence |
London, England
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surface form:
London
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| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workLocation |
England
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London, England ⓘ
surface form:
London
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Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Frederick Pepys Cockerell