Richard Bentley
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Richard Bentley was a pioneering 17th–18th century English classical scholar and critic, renowned for his groundbreaking work in textual criticism and his influential role in shaping modern classical philology.
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| Richard Bentley canonical | 8 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Richard Bentley Context triple: [The Battle of the Books, criticizes, Richard Bentley]
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Richard Bentley
Richard Bentley was an 18th-century English designer and illustrator closely associated with Horace Walpole, known for helping develop the early Gothic Revival style seen at Strawberry Hill.
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B.
Richard Bentley
Richard Bentley was a prominent 19th-century British publisher and bookseller known for issuing major literary works by authors such as Charles Dickens and Herman Melville.
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George Swinburne
George Swinburne was an Australian engineer, politician, and education advocate whose contributions to technical and higher education led to institutions such as Swinburne Technical College bearing his name.
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William Warburton
William Warburton was an 18th-century English bishop, critic, and theologian best known for his influential and often controversial works on religion and literary criticism.
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James Houghton
James Houghton is an American actor best known for his role as Kenny Ward on the long-running prime-time soap opera "Knots Landing."
- 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: Richard Bentley Target entity description: Richard Bentley was a pioneering 17th–18th century English classical scholar and critic, renowned for his groundbreaking work in textual criticism and his influential role in shaping modern classical philology.
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A.
Richard Bentley
Richard Bentley was a prominent 19th-century British publisher and bookseller known for issuing major literary works by authors such as Charles Dickens and Herman Melville.
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B.
Richard Bentley
Richard Bentley was an 18th-century English designer and illustrator closely associated with Horace Walpole, known for helping develop the early Gothic Revival style seen at Strawberry Hill.
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C.
George Swinburne
George Swinburne was an Australian engineer, politician, and education advocate whose contributions to technical and higher education led to institutions such as Swinburne Technical College bearing his name.
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D.
William Warburton
William Warburton was an 18th-century English bishop, critic, and theologian best known for his influential and often controversial works on religion and literary criticism.
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E.
James Houghton
James Houghton is an American actor best known for his role as Kenny Ward on the long-running prime-time soap opera "Knots Landing."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
classical scholar
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human ⓘ textual critic ⓘ |
| academicDegree | Master of Arts ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1662-01-27 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Oulton, West Riding of Yorkshire, England ⓘ |
| child | Richard Bentley Jr. ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1742-07-14 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Cambridge, England ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
St John’s College, Cambridge
ⓘ
Wakefield Grammar School ⓘ
linked to:
Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Wakefield
|
| era |
17th century
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18th century ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
classical philology
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classics ⓘ textual criticism ⓘ |
| genre |
biblical criticism
ⓘ
classical scholarship ⓘ theological writing ⓘ |
| influenced |
classical scholarship in the 18th century
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development of modern philology ⓘ later editors of Greek and Latin texts ⓘ |
| knownFor |
controversial emendations of classical texts
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foundational contributions to modern textual criticism ⓘ pioneering methods in classical philology ⓘ scholarly controversy over the authenticity of the Epistles of Phalaris ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
Ancient Greek
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English ⓘ Latin ⓘ |
| memberOf | Church of England clergy ⓘ |
| name | Richard Bentley ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A Dissertation upon the Epistles of Themistocles, Socrates, Euripides, and others
ⓘ
Critical edition of Horace ⓘ
linked to:
commentaries on Horace
Critical edition of Manilius ⓘ Critical work on the Greek New Testament ⓘ Dissertation upon the Epistles of Phalaris ⓘ
linked to:
editions of the Epistles of Phalaris
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| occupation |
classical scholar
ⓘ
clergyman ⓘ theologian ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Boyle Lecturer
ⓘ
linked to:
Boyle Lectures
Chaplain to the Bishop of Worcester ⓘ Master of Trinity College, Cambridge ⓘ Regius Professor of Divinity at the University of Cambridge ⓘ |
| religion |
Anglicanism
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linked to:
Anglicanism (broadly)
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| spouse | Johanna Bernard ⓘ |
| studentOf | Edward Stillingfleet ⓘ |
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