Douglas Hartree
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Douglas Hartree was a British physicist and mathematician known for pioneering numerical analysis and computational methods in quantum mechanics, particularly in atomic structure calculations.
All labels observed (1)
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| Douglas Hartree canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7150562 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Douglas Hartree Context triple: [Hartree–Fock method, developedBy, Douglas Hartree]
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A.
Ralph Fowler
Ralph Fowler was a prominent British theoretical physicist and mathematician known for his influential work in statistical mechanics and quantum theory, as well as for mentoring leading physicists of the 20th century.
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B.
William Strutt
William Strutt was an English industrialist and inventor from Derby, noted for his pioneering work in iron-framed, fireproof mill architecture during the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
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C.
Harold Spencer Jones
Harold Spencer Jones was a prominent 20th-century British astronomer who served as the last Astronomer Royal to be responsible for the Royal Greenwich Observatory and made significant contributions to positional astronomy and the determination of the astronomical unit.
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D.
Frank Watson Dyson
Frank Watson Dyson was a prominent British astronomer best known for his role in organizing the 1919 solar eclipse expeditions that provided one of the first major confirmations of Einstein’s general theory of relativity.
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E.
Henry Tizard
Henry Tizard was a British chemist, aviation and radar pioneer, and influential government scientific adviser who played a key role in shaping the United Kingdom’s early World War II research and defense technology strategy.
- 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: Douglas Hartree Target entity description: Douglas Hartree was a British physicist and mathematician known for pioneering numerical analysis and computational methods in quantum mechanics, particularly in atomic structure calculations.
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A.
Ralph Fowler
Ralph Fowler was a prominent British theoretical physicist and mathematician known for his influential work in statistical mechanics and quantum theory, as well as for mentoring leading physicists of the 20th century.
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B.
William Strutt
William Strutt was an English industrialist and inventor from Derby, noted for his pioneering work in iron-framed, fireproof mill architecture during the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
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C.
Harold Spencer Jones
Harold Spencer Jones was a prominent 20th-century British astronomer who served as the last Astronomer Royal to be responsible for the Royal Greenwich Observatory and made significant contributions to positional astronomy and the determination of the astronomical unit.
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D.
Frank Watson Dyson
Frank Watson Dyson was a prominent British astronomer best known for his role in organizing the 1919 solar eclipse expeditions that provided one of the first major confirmations of Einstein’s general theory of relativity.
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E.
Henry Tizard
Henry Tizard was a British chemist, aviation and radar pioneer, and influential government scientific adviser who played a key role in shaping the United Kingdom’s early World War II research and defense technology strategy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
human
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mathematician ⓘ physicist ⓘ |
| areaOfInfluence |
computational methods in quantum chemistry
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development of early computers in Britain ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Fellow of the Royal Society
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linked to:
Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS)
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| countryOfCitizenship |
United Kingdom
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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1897-03-27 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1958-02-12 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
St John’s College, Cambridge
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University of Cambridge ⓘ
linked to:
Cambridge University
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| employer |
University of Cambridge
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linked to:
Cambridge University
University of Manchester ⓘ |
| familyName | Hartree ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
atomic physics
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computational physics ⓘ mathematics ⓘ numerical analysis ⓘ physics ⓘ quantum mechanics ⓘ |
| givenName | Douglas ⓘ |
| influenced |
Alan Turing
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John Lennard-Jones ⓘ
linked to:
Sir John Lennard-Jones
Maurice Wilkes ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Erwin Schrödinger
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Niels Bohr ⓘ Ralph Fowler ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Hartree method
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linked to:
Hartree–Fock method
early work in automatic computing ⓘ numerical solutions of the Schrödinger equation ⓘ self-consistent field method in atomic structure ⓘ |
| memberOf | Royal Society ⓘ |
| notableStudent | Leslie Fox ⓘ |
| notableWork |
papers on self-consistent field theory
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“The Calculation of Atomic Structures” ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Cambridge
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Cambridgeshire ⓘ
linked to:
Cambridgeshire, England
England ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Cambridge
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Cambridgeshire ⓘ
linked to:
Cambridgeshire, England
England ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
lecturer in mathematical physics
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professor of applied mathematics ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Cambridge
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Manchester ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: Douglas Hartree Description of subject: Douglas Hartree was a British physicist and mathematician known for pioneering numerical analysis and computational methods in quantum mechanics, particularly in atomic structure calculations.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Klug
Beyer Chair of Applied Mathematics at the University of Manchester
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notableHolder
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Douglas Hartree
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