Henry Thomas Colebrooke
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Henry Thomas Colebrooke was a pioneering British orientalist and Sanskrit scholar often regarded as one of the founders of modern Indology.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Henry Thomas Colebrooke canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7120075 — 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: Henry Thomas Colebrooke Context triple: [Asiatic Society of Bengal, notableMember, Henry Thomas Colebrooke]
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A.
Brian Houghton Hodgson
Brian Houghton Hodgson was a 19th-century British naturalist and ethnologist known for his pioneering studies of the wildlife, languages, and cultures of Nepal and the Himalayas.
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B.
James Prinsep
James Prinsep was a 19th-century British scholar and antiquary best known for deciphering ancient Indian scripts, which unlocked the historical understanding of Emperor Ashoka and early Indian epigraphy.
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C.
Thomas Stamford Raffles
Thomas Stamford Raffles was a British colonial administrator best known as the founder of modern Singapore and a key figure in expanding British influence in Southeast Asia.
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D.
Alexander Cunningham
Alexander Cunningham was a 19th-century British archaeologist and army engineer renowned as the pioneering figure of Indian archaeology and the first Director-General of the Archaeological Survey of India.
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E.
Allan Octavian Hume
Allan Octavian Hume was a British civil servant, political reformer, and ornithologist best known as a founding member of the Indian National Congress and an influential figure in late 19th-century colonial India.
- 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: Henry Thomas Colebrooke Target entity description: Henry Thomas Colebrooke was a pioneering British orientalist and Sanskrit scholar often regarded as one of the founders of modern Indology.
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A.
Brian Houghton Hodgson
Brian Houghton Hodgson was a 19th-century British naturalist and ethnologist known for his pioneering studies of the wildlife, languages, and cultures of Nepal and the Himalayas.
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B.
James Prinsep
James Prinsep was a 19th-century British scholar and antiquary best known for deciphering ancient Indian scripts, which unlocked the historical understanding of Emperor Ashoka and early Indian epigraphy.
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C.
Thomas Stamford Raffles
Thomas Stamford Raffles was a British colonial administrator best known as the founder of modern Singapore and a key figure in expanding British influence in Southeast Asia.
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D.
Alexander Cunningham
Alexander Cunningham was a 19th-century British archaeologist and army engineer renowned as the pioneering figure of Indian archaeology and the first Director-General of the Archaeological Survey of India.
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E.
Allan Octavian Hume
Allan Octavian Hume was a British civil servant, political reformer, and ornithologist best known as a founding member of the Indian National Congress and an influential figure in late 19th-century colonial India.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Indologist
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Sanskrit scholar ⓘ human ⓘ orientalist ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Great Britain
NERFINISHED
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United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1765-06-15 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1837-03-10 ⓘ |
| describedAs |
one of the founders of modern Indology
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pioneering British orientalist and Sanskrit scholar ⓘ |
| educatedAt | home education ⓘ |
| employer | East India Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Colebrooke NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | George Colebrooke NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Hindu law
ⓘ
Indology ⓘ Sanskrit studies ⓘ comparative philology ⓘ |
| givenName | Henry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
English
ⓘ
Sanskrit ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Royal Society ⓘ |
| name | Henry Thomas Colebrooke NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
founding modern Indology
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pioneering Western study of Sanskrit ⓘ systematic study of Hindu law and philosophy ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A Grammar of the Sanskrit Language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Digest of Hindu Law on Contracts and Successions NERFINISHED ⓘ Essays on the Religion and Philosophy of the Hindus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
Indologist
ⓘ
Sanskrit scholar ⓘ civil servant ⓘ orientalist ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
England
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London, England ⓘ
surface form:
London
|
| placeOfDeath |
England
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London, England ⓘ
surface form:
London
|
| positionHeld |
director of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland
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judge in Bengal ⓘ member of the Supreme Council of India ⓘ |
| relative | Sir George Colebrooke, 2nd Baronet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence |
India
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
London, England ⓘ
surface form:
London
|
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Bengal Presidency
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Calcutta NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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