Ian Kershaw
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Ian Kershaw is a British historian renowned for his influential biographies of Adolf Hitler and his scholarship on Nazi Germany.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ian Kershaw canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7242143 — 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: Ian Kershaw Context triple: [Kershaw, hasNotableBearer, Ian Kershaw]
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A.
Sir Richard J. Evans
Sir Richard J. Evans is a prominent British historian renowned for his extensive work on modern German history and the historiography of the Third Reich.
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B.
A. J. P. Taylor
A. J. P. Taylor was a prominent 20th-century British historian and broadcaster, known for his influential and often controversial works on European and diplomatic history.
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C.
Christopher Clark
Christopher Clark is a prominent historian best known for his work on modern European history, particularly his influential study of the origins of World War I.
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D.
Anthony Julius
Anthony Julius is a British solicitor and academic best known for representing Princess Diana in her divorce and for his writings on law, antisemitism, and literary criticism.
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E.
Hugh Trevor-Roper
Hugh Trevor-Roper was a prominent 20th-century British historian and Oxford professor best known for his works on early modern Europe and Nazi Germany, including his influential study "The Last Days of Hitler."
- 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: Ian Kershaw Target entity description: Ian Kershaw is a British historian renowned for his influential biographies of Adolf Hitler and his scholarship on Nazi Germany.
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A.
Sir Richard J. Evans
Sir Richard J. Evans is a prominent British historian renowned for his extensive work on modern German history and the historiography of the Third Reich.
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B.
A. J. P. Taylor
A. J. P. Taylor was a prominent 20th-century British historian and broadcaster, known for his influential and often controversial works on European and diplomatic history.
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C.
Christopher Clark
Christopher Clark is a prominent historian best known for his work on modern European history, particularly his influential study of the origins of World War I.
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D.
Anthony Julius
Anthony Julius is a British solicitor and academic best known for representing Princess Diana in her divorce and for his writings on law, antisemitism, and literary criticism.
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E.
Hugh Trevor-Roper
Hugh Trevor-Roper was a prominent 20th-century British historian and Oxford professor best known for his works on early modern Europe and Nazi Germany, including his influential study "The Last Days of Hitler."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | human ⓘ |
| activeInPeriod |
20th century
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21st century ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Knight Bachelor
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Knighted for services to history ⓘ |
| citizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1943-04-29 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Merton College, Oxford
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
University of Liverpool NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | University of Sheffield NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Kershaw NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
German history
ⓘ
history ⓘ history of Nazi Germany ⓘ modern history ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre |
historical biography
ⓘ
non-fiction ⓘ |
| givenName | Ian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasWrittenAbout |
European history between 1914 and 2017
ⓘ
Holocaust context in Nazi policy ⓘ Nazi leadership ⓘ |
| honorificTitle | Sir ⓘ |
| knownFor |
biographies of Adolf Hitler
ⓘ
concept of working towards the Führer ⓘ scholarship on Nazi Germany ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| name | Ian Kershaw NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableConcept | working towards the Führer ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Hitler 1889–1936: Hubris
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hitler 1936–1945: Nemesis NERFINISHED ⓘ Hitler: A Biography NERFINISHED ⓘ Roller-Coaster: Europe, 1950–2017 NERFINISHED ⓘ The Hitler Myth: Image and Reality in the Third Reich NERFINISHED ⓘ The Nazi Dictatorship: Problems and Perspectives of Interpretation NERFINISHED ⓘ To Hell and Back: Europe 1914–1949 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation | professor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Oldham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Professor of Modern History at the University of Sheffield ⓘ |
| researchFocus |
Adolf Hitler
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
European history of the 20th century ⓘ Third Reich NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| spouse | Anne Kershaw NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ian Kershaw Description of subject: Ian Kershaw is a British historian renowned for his influential biographies of Adolf Hitler and his scholarship on Nazi Germany.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.