Maurice Keen
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Maurice Keen was a prominent British medieval historian known for his influential works on chivalry, medieval society, and English history.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Maurice Hugh Keen | 1 |
| Maurice Keen canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8017425 — 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: Maurice Keen Context triple: [Keen, hasNotableBearer, Maurice Keen]
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A.
Maurice Leitch
Maurice Leitch is a Northern Irish novelist, short story writer, and radio producer known for his explorations of social and political tensions in Ireland.
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B.
Kenneth Muir
Kenneth Muir was a prominent British literary scholar and Shakespearean critic known for his influential editions and analyses of Elizabethan and Jacobean drama.
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C.
Geoffrey Beevers
Geoffrey Beevers is a British actor best known to Doctor Who fans for his chilling portrayal of the villainous Time Lord known as the Master.
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D.
Cecil Poynton
Cecil Poynton was an English footballer and long-serving full-back for Tottenham Hotspur during the early 20th century.
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E.
Maurice Lindey
Maurice Lindey is a fictional protagonist in Alexandre Dumas’s historical novel "The Knight of Maison-Rouge," depicted as a passionate young man entangled in royalist plots during the French Revolution.
- 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: Maurice Keen Target entity description: Maurice Keen was a prominent British medieval historian known for his influential works on chivalry, medieval society, and English history.
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A.
Maurice Leitch
Maurice Leitch is a Northern Irish novelist, short story writer, and radio producer known for his explorations of social and political tensions in Ireland.
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B.
Kenneth Muir
Kenneth Muir was a prominent British literary scholar and Shakespearean critic known for his influential editions and analyses of Elizabethan and Jacobean drama.
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C.
Geoffrey Beevers
Geoffrey Beevers is a British actor best known to Doctor Who fans for his chilling portrayal of the villainous Time Lord known as the Master.
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D.
Cecil Poynton
Cecil Poynton was an English footballer and long-serving full-back for Tottenham Hotspur during the early 20th century.
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E.
Maurice Lindey
Maurice Lindey is a fictional protagonist in Alexandre Dumas’s historical novel "The Knight of Maison-Rouge," depicted as a passionate young man entangled in royalist plots during the French Revolution.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British person
ⓘ
human ⓘ medieval historian ⓘ |
| areaOfInfluence |
chivalric studies
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medieval studies ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Wolfson History Prize ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1933-10-30 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2012-09-11 ⓘ |
| describedAs | prominent British medieval historian ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Magdalen College, Oxford
ⓘ
Winchester College ⓘ |
| employer |
Balliol College, Oxford
ⓘ
University of Oxford ⓘ |
| familyName | Keen ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
English history
ⓘ
history of chivalry ⓘ medieval history ⓘ social history ⓘ |
| genre |
historical writing
ⓘ
non-fiction ⓘ |
| givenName | Maurice ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Royal Historical Society ⓘ |
| name |
Maurice Hugh Keen
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linked to:
Maurice Keen
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| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableFor |
contributions to understanding of English medieval history
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influential works on chivalry ⓘ studies of medieval society ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Chivalry
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England in the Later Middle Ages ⓘ
linked to:
medieval England
Nobles, Knights and Men-at-Arms in the Middle Ages ⓘ The Laws of War in the Late Middle Ages ⓘ The Outlaws of Medieval Legend ⓘ |
| occupation |
historian
ⓘ
university teacher ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
London
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linked to:
London, England
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| placeOfDeath | Oxford ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford ⓘ |
| taughtSubject |
English medieval history
ⓘ
medieval history ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: Maurice Keen Description of subject: Maurice Keen was a prominent British medieval historian known for his influential works on chivalry, medieval society, and English history.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Maurice Keen