Hans Tausen
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Hans Tausen was a Danish Lutheran theologian and reformer often called the “Martin Luther of Denmark” for his leading role in introducing and spreading the Protestant Reformation there.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hans Tausen canonical | 2 |
| Johannes Tausen | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8027115 — 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: Hans Tausen Context triple: [Protestant Reformation in Denmark–Norway, hasKeyFigure, Hans Tausen]
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Andreas Osiander
Andreas Osiander was a 16th-century German Lutheran theologian known for his role in the Protestant Reformation and for anonymously editing and prefacing Copernicus’s seminal work "De revolutionibus orbium coelestium."
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Georg Joachim Rheticus
Georg Joachim Rheticus was a 16th-century mathematician and astronomer best known for being a key disciple of Nicolaus Copernicus and for helping to introduce and defend the heliocentric model of the cosmos.
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Nikolaus Episcopius
Nikolaus Episcopius was a 16th-century Basel printer and publisher who continued the influential humanist printing tradition established by Johann Froben.
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Jakob Andreae
Jakob Andreae was a 16th-century German Lutheran theologian and church leader who played a key role in shaping post-Reformation Lutheran doctrine.
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E.
Michael Maestlin
Michael Maestlin was a German astronomer and mathematician best known as Johannes Kepler’s mentor and an early supporter of the Copernican heliocentric system.
- 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: Hans Tausen Target entity description: Hans Tausen was a Danish Lutheran theologian and reformer often called the “Martin Luther of Denmark” for his leading role in introducing and spreading the Protestant Reformation there.
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A.
Andreas Osiander
Andreas Osiander was a 16th-century German Lutheran theologian known for his role in the Protestant Reformation and for anonymously editing and prefacing Copernicus’s seminal work "De revolutionibus orbium coelestium."
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B.
Georg Joachim Rheticus
Georg Joachim Rheticus was a 16th-century mathematician and astronomer best known for being a key disciple of Nicolaus Copernicus and for helping to introduce and defend the heliocentric model of the cosmos.
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C.
Nikolaus Episcopius
Nikolaus Episcopius was a 16th-century Basel printer and publisher who continued the influential humanist printing tradition established by Johann Froben.
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D.
Jakob Andreae
Jakob Andreae was a 16th-century German Lutheran theologian and church leader who played a key role in shaping post-Reformation Lutheran doctrine.
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E.
Michael Maestlin
Michael Maestlin was a German astronomer and mathematician best known as Johannes Kepler’s mentor and an early supporter of the Copernican heliocentric system.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Lutheran theologian
ⓘ
Protestant reformer ⓘ human ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Hans Tavsen
ⓘ
Johannes Tausen ⓘ
linked to:
Hans Tausen
|
| burialPlace | Ribe Cathedral ⓘ |
| clergyRank | bishop ⓘ |
| contributedTo | establishment of Lutheran state church in Denmark ⓘ |
| convertedFrom | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| convertedTo | Lutheranism ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Denmark ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1494 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1561 ⓘ |
| diocese | Diocese of Ribe ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of Leuven
ⓘ
linked to:
KU Leuven
University of Rostock ⓘ University of Wittenberg ⓘ |
| era | Reformation era ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasCanonicalName | Hans Tausen ⓘ |
| hasHonorificTitle | reformer of Denmark ⓘ |
| influenced |
Danish liturgy and hymnody
ⓘ
development of Danish Lutheran church ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Martin Luther ⓘ |
| knownFor | preaching Lutheran doctrines in Viborg ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
Danish
ⓘ
Latin ⓘ |
| memberOf | Order of Saint John ⓘ |
| movement |
Protestant Reformation
ⓘ
linked to:
Reformation
|
| nativeLanguage | Danish ⓘ |
| nickname | Martin Luther of Denmark ⓘ |
| notableFor | introducing Lutheran Reformation in Denmark ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Danish hymns
ⓘ
Danish translation of parts of the Bible ⓘ |
| occupation |
bishop
ⓘ
priest ⓘ theologian ⓘ |
| opposedBy | Catholic clergy in Denmark ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Danish Reformation
ⓘ
linked to:
Protestant Reformation in Denmark–Norway
|
| placeOfActivity |
Copenhagen, Denmark
ⓘ
linked to:
Copenhagen
Viborg, Denmark ⓘ
linked to:
Viborg
|
| placeOfBirth | Birkende, Funen, Denmark ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Ribe, Denmark
ⓘ
linked to:
Ribe
|
| positionHeld | bishop of Ribe ⓘ |
| religion | Lutheranism ⓘ |
| supportedBy |
King Christian III of Denmark
ⓘ
linked to:
Christian III of Denmark
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Hans Tausen Description of subject: Hans Tausen was a Danish Lutheran theologian and reformer often called the “Martin Luther of Denmark” for his leading role in introducing and spreading the Protestant Reformation there.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Hans Tausen