Robert Baillie
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Robert Baillie was a 17th-century Scottish Presbyterian minister, theologian, and prolific letter-writer who played a prominent role in the religious and political struggles of the Covenanter movement.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Robert Baillie canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7408582 — 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: Robert Baillie Context triple: [Scottish Covenanter government, keyFigure, Robert Baillie]
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A.
William Lamberton
William Lamberton was a prominent early 14th-century Scottish bishop and staunch supporter of Scottish independence, closely associated with figures like Robert the Bruce.
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B.
David Dickson
David Dickson was a prominent 17th-century Scottish Presbyterian minister and theologian known for his influential role in the Covenanter movement and his widely read biblical commentaries.
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C.
William Adamson
William Adamson was a Scottish Labour politician who served as Secretary of State for Scotland in the early 20th century and played a key role in the party’s rise to government.
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D.
Sir William Crichton
Sir William Crichton was a 15th-century Scottish statesman and power broker who served as Lord Chancellor of Scotland and played a central role in the ruthless political intrigues of the minority reign of James II.
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E.
Matthew Stirling
Matthew Stirling was an American archaeologist and ethnologist known for his pioneering excavations of Olmec sites in Mexico and his contributions to the study of pre-Columbian Mesoamerican civilizations.
- 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: Robert Baillie Target entity description: Robert Baillie was a 17th-century Scottish Presbyterian minister, theologian, and prolific letter-writer who played a prominent role in the religious and political struggles of the Covenanter movement.
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A.
William Lamberton
William Lamberton was a prominent early 14th-century Scottish bishop and staunch supporter of Scottish independence, closely associated with figures like Robert the Bruce.
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B.
David Dickson
David Dickson was a prominent 17th-century Scottish Presbyterian minister and theologian known for his influential role in the Covenanter movement and his widely read biblical commentaries.
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C.
William Adamson
William Adamson was a Scottish Labour politician who served as Secretary of State for Scotland in the early 20th century and played a key role in the party’s rise to government.
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D.
Sir William Crichton
Sir William Crichton was a 15th-century Scottish statesman and power broker who served as Lord Chancellor of Scotland and played a central role in the ruthless political intrigues of the minority reign of James II.
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E.
Matthew Stirling
Matthew Stirling was an American archaeologist and ethnologist known for his pioneering excavations of Olmec sites in Mexico and his contributions to the study of pre-Columbian Mesoamerican civilizations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Covenanter
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Presbyterian minister ⓘ human ⓘ letter-writer ⓘ theologian ⓘ |
| academicDegree | Master of Arts ⓘ |
| affiliation | Scottish Covenanters ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Glasgow ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 17th century ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Scotland ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1602-04-30 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1662-07-22 ⓘ |
| describedBySource |
Letters and Journals of Robert Baillie, A.M., Principal of the University of Glasgow
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linked to:
Letters and Journals of Robert Baillie
|
| educatedAt | University of Glasgow ⓘ |
| employer | University of Glasgow ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Scottish ⓘ |
| familyName | Baillie ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
church history
ⓘ
ecclesiastical politics ⓘ theology ⓘ |
| genre |
letters
ⓘ
sermons ⓘ theological treatises ⓘ |
| givenName | Robert ⓘ |
| hasOccupation | historian of the Scottish Reformation ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
English
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Scots ⓘ |
| memberOf | Church of Scotland ⓘ |
| movement | Covenanter movement ⓘ |
| notableFor |
detailed letters on 17th-century Scottish church affairs
ⓘ
role in the Covenanter cause ⓘ |
| notableWork | Letters and Journals of Robert Baillie ⓘ |
| occupation |
minister
ⓘ
theologian ⓘ university professor ⓘ |
| opposedTo |
Episcopalian control of the Church of Scotland
ⓘ
imposition of Anglican liturgy in Scotland ⓘ |
| participantIn |
Covenanter movement
ⓘ
Wars of the Three Kingdoms ⓘ Westminster Assembly ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Glasgow ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Glasgow ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Professor of Divinity at the University of Glasgow ⓘ |
| religion |
Presbyterianism
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linked to:
Presbyterian
|
| religiousTradition |
Reformed Christianity
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linked to:
Reformed churches
|
| residence | Glasgow ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
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