Emma Hardinge Britten
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Emma Hardinge Britten was a prominent 19th-century spiritualist medium, lecturer, and author who helped shape and popularize the modern Spiritualist movement in Britain and the United States.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Emma Hardinge Britten canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8935259 — 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: Emma Hardinge Britten Context triple: [Spiritualism, hasKeyFigure, Emma Hardinge Britten]
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A.
Elizabeth Hodgkin
Elizabeth Hodgkin is the daughter of Nobel Prize–winning chemist and crystallographer Dorothy Hodgkin.
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B.
Norma Besant
Norma Besant is the flirtatious Southern belle protagonist of the 1929 pre-Code drama film "Coquette," portrayed by Mary Pickford in her first talking role.
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C.
Winifred Watson
Winifred Watson was a British author best known for her 1938 novel "Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day," which was later adapted for stage and screen.
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D.
Mary Georgina Newton
Mary Georgina Newton was the wife of pioneering nuclear physicist Ernest Rutherford and a supportive partner throughout his scientific career.
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E.
Bessie Rayner Parkes
Bessie Rayner Parkes was a 19th-century English feminist, writer, and activist who campaigned for women’s education and employment rights.
- 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: Emma Hardinge Britten Target entity description: Emma Hardinge Britten was a prominent 19th-century spiritualist medium, lecturer, and author who helped shape and popularize the modern Spiritualist movement in Britain and the United States.
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A.
Elizabeth Hodgkin
Elizabeth Hodgkin is the daughter of Nobel Prize–winning chemist and crystallographer Dorothy Hodgkin.
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B.
Norma Besant
Norma Besant is the flirtatious Southern belle protagonist of the 1929 pre-Code drama film "Coquette," portrayed by Mary Pickford in her first talking role.
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C.
Winifred Watson
Winifred Watson was a British author best known for her 1938 novel "Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day," which was later adapted for stage and screen.
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D.
Mary Georgina Newton
Mary Georgina Newton was the wife of pioneering nuclear physicist Ernest Rutherford and a supportive partner throughout his scientific career.
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E.
Bessie Rayner Parkes
Bessie Rayner Parkes was a 19th-century English feminist, writer, and activist who campaigned for women’s education and employment rights.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
lecturer
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medium ⓘ person ⓘ spiritualist ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 1890s ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1850s ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Emma Hardinge
NERFINISHED
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Emma Hardinge-Britten NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthName | Emma Floyd NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Manchester, England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| citizenship | British ⓘ |
| coFounderOf | The Two Worlds (Spiritualist weekly) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1823-05-02 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1899-10-02 ⓘ |
| era | 19th century ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
occultism
ⓘ
parapsychology ⓘ religious reform ⓘ |
| genre | spiritualist literature ⓘ |
| influenced |
Spiritualist churches
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
modern Spiritualist liturgy ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lecturedOn |
Spiritualism
ⓘ
religious reform ⓘ |
| movement | Spiritualism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Emma Hardinge Britten NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | English ⓘ |
| notableFor |
helping shape the modern Spiritualist movement
ⓘ
popularizing Spiritualism in Britain and the United States ⓘ |
| notableIdea | codification of Spiritualist principles ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Modern American Spiritualism
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nineteenth Century Miracles NERFINISHED ⓘ The Faith, Facts and Frauds of Religious History NERFINISHED ⓘ The Two Worlds (newspaper) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
lecturer
ⓘ
spiritualist medium ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | London, England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Manchester, England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfResidence |
Manchester, England
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Spiritualism ⓘ |
| spouse | William Britten NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workLocation |
United Kingdom
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United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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How these facts were elicited
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