Lawrence Clark Powell
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Lawrence Clark Powell was an influential American librarian, bibliographer, and author who served as a key figure in the development of the UCLA library system and Western Americana studies.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lawrence Clark Powell canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7171755 — 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: Lawrence Clark Powell Context triple: [Powell Library, namedAfter, Lawrence Clark Powell]
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A.
Ken Powell
Ken Powell is an American business executive best known for serving as the former chairman and CEO of General Mills.
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B.
Edward R. Rooney
Edward R. Rooney is the strict, bumbling high school principal and main adult antagonist in the 1986 film "Ferris Bueller's Day Off."
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C.
Richard P. Powell
Richard P. Powell was an American novelist best known for his mid-20th-century works of popular fiction, including the novel that inspired the film "The Young Philadelphians."
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D.
Gregory Powell
Gregory Powell is a recurring human roboticist in Isaac Asimov’s Robot stories, known for troubleshooting complex problems involving positronic robots alongside his partner Mike Donovan.
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E.
Edward H. Plumb
Edward H. Plumb was an American film composer and orchestrator best known for his extensive work on Walt Disney animated features during the 1930s and 1940s.
- 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: Lawrence Clark Powell Target entity description: Lawrence Clark Powell was an influential American librarian, bibliographer, and author who served as a key figure in the development of the UCLA library system and Western Americana studies.
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A.
Ken Powell
Ken Powell is an American business executive best known for serving as the former chairman and CEO of General Mills.
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B.
Edward R. Rooney
Edward R. Rooney is the strict, bumbling high school principal and main adult antagonist in the 1986 film "Ferris Bueller's Day Off."
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C.
Richard P. Powell
Richard P. Powell was an American novelist best known for his mid-20th-century works of popular fiction, including the novel that inspired the film "The Young Philadelphians."
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D.
Gregory Powell
Gregory Powell is a recurring human roboticist in Isaac Asimov’s Robot stories, known for troubleshooting complex problems involving positronic robots alongside his partner Mike Donovan.
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E.
Edward H. Plumb
Edward H. Plumb was an American film composer and orchestrator best known for his extensive work on Walt Disney animated features during the 1930s and 1940s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bibliographer
ⓘ
human ⓘ librarian ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
UCLA School of Library Service
ⓘ
William Andrews Clark Memorial Library ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Honorary degrees from multiple universities
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Rothrock Award of the California Library Association ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1906-09-03 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2001-03-14 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Occidental College
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University of California, Los Angeles ⓘ University of Chicago ⓘ University of Dijon ⓘ |
| employer | University of California, Los Angeles ⓘ |
| familyName | Powell ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Western Americana
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linked to:
Western Americana Collection
bibliography ⓘ book collecting ⓘ librarianship ⓘ |
| genre |
bibliography
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essay ⓘ nonfiction ⓘ |
| givenName | Lawrence ⓘ |
| hasWritten | numerous essays on books and reading ⓘ |
| influenced | development of academic librarianship in the American West ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| name | Lawrence Clark Powell ⓘ |
| notableFor |
development of the UCLA library system
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promotion of Western Americana studies ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A Passion for Books
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Books in My Baggage ⓘ Southwest Classics ⓘ The Alchemy of Books ⓘ The Little Package ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
ⓘ
bibliographer ⓘ librarian ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Tucson, Arizona
ⓘ
linked to:
Tucson
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| positionHeld |
Dean of the School of Library Service at UCLA
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Director of the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library ⓘ University Librarian at UCLA ⓘ
linked to:
UCLA Library
|
| residence |
Los Angeles, California
ⓘ
Tucson, Arizona ⓘ
linked to:
Tucson
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Lawrence Clark Powell Description of subject: Lawrence Clark Powell was an influential American librarian, bibliographer, and author who served as a key figure in the development of the UCLA library system and Western Americana studies.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.