Christiaan Eijkman
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Christiaan Eijkman was a Dutch physician and Nobel Prize–winning physiologist whose work on beriberi helped establish the concept of vitamins as essential dietary factors.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Christiaan Eijkman canonical | 8 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T623457 — 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: Christiaan Eijkman Context triple: [Frederick Gowland Hopkins, coRecipientWith, Christiaan Eijkman]
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A.
Gerardus Petrus Wilhelmus Koop
Gerardus Petrus Wilhelmus Koop is an individual notable for bearing the Dutch surname "Koop," though specific widely recognized achievements or roles associated with him are not well documented.
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B.
Emil Theodor Kocher
Emil Theodor Kocher was a Swiss surgeon and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work in thyroid surgery and surgical techniques.
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C.
Shibasaburo Kitasato
Shibasaburo Kitasato was a pioneering Japanese bacteriologist best known for co-discovering the causative agent of bubonic plague and for major contributions to immunology and serum therapy.
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D.
Emil Adolf von Behring
Emil Adolf von Behring was a German physiologist and immunologist renowned for developing serum therapy against diphtheria and tetanus, earning him the inaugural Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
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E.
Alexis Carrel
Alexis Carrel was a French surgeon and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate in Physiology or Medicine, known for his pioneering work in vascular suturing and organ transplantation.
- 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: Christiaan Eijkman Target entity description: Christiaan Eijkman was a Dutch physician and Nobel Prize–winning physiologist whose work on beriberi helped establish the concept of vitamins as essential dietary factors.
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A.
Gerardus Petrus Wilhelmus Koop
Gerardus Petrus Wilhelmus Koop is an individual notable for bearing the Dutch surname "Koop," though specific widely recognized achievements or roles associated with him are not well documented.
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B.
Emil Theodor Kocher
Emil Theodor Kocher was a Swiss surgeon and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work in thyroid surgery and surgical techniques.
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C.
Shibasaburo Kitasato
Shibasaburo Kitasato was a pioneering Japanese bacteriologist best known for co-discovering the causative agent of bubonic plague and for major contributions to immunology and serum therapy.
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D.
Emil Adolf von Behring
Emil Adolf von Behring was a German physiologist and immunologist renowned for developing serum therapy against diphtheria and tetanus, earning him the inaugural Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
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E.
Alexis Carrel
Alexis Carrel was a French surgeon and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate in Physiology or Medicine, known for his pioneering work in vascular suturing and organ transplantation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine
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human ⓘ physician ⓘ physiologist ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
ⓘ
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine ⓘ
surface form:
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1929
|
| burialPlace | Zorgvlied Cemetery ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Netherlands ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1858-08-11 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1930-11-05 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Royal Military Medical Academy in Utrecht ⓘ |
| employer |
Utrecht University
ⓘ
surface form:
University of Utrecht
|
| ethnicGroup | Dutch ⓘ |
| familyName | Eijkman ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
medicine
ⓘ
nutrition science ⓘ physiology ⓘ |
| givenName | Christiaan ⓘ |
| hasCauseOfDeath | heart disease ⓘ |
| influenced |
development of vitamin B1 (thiamine) concept
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modern nutritional science ⓘ |
| knownFor |
demonstrating that polished rice diet causes beriberi in chickens
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discovery of dietary factors preventing beriberi ⓘ early work leading to the concept of vitamins ⓘ research on beriberi ⓘ showing that unpolished rice prevents beriberi ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Dutch ⓘ |
| memberOf | Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Dutch ⓘ |
| nobelPrizeMotivation | for the discovery of the antineuritic vitamin ⓘ |
| notableIdea | vitamins as essential dietary factors ⓘ |
| notableStudent | Gerrit Grijns ⓘ |
| occupation |
medical researcher
ⓘ
university teacher ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Netherlands
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Nijkerk ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Netherlands
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Utrecht ⓘ |
| positionHeld | professor of hygiene at Utrecht University ⓘ |
| researchSubject |
beriberi
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nutrition-related diseases ⓘ vitamins ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sharesAwardWith | Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Batavia
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Dutch East Indies ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: Christiaan Eijkman Description of subject: Christiaan Eijkman was a Dutch physician and Nobel Prize–winning physiologist whose work on beriberi helped establish the concept of vitamins as essential dietary factors.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Frederick Gowland Hopkins