Michael Baigent
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Michael Baigent was a New Zealand-born writer and researcher best known as a co-author of the controversial historical conspiracy book "The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Michael Baigent canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9390193 — 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: Michael Baigent Context triple: [Henry Lincoln, coAuthor, Michael Baigent]
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A.
Graham Hancock
Graham Hancock is a British writer and journalist best known for his controversial theories about ancient civilizations, lost advanced cultures, and alternative interpretations of archaeological evidence.
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B.
Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke
Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke was a British historian and scholar renowned for his influential research on Western esotericism, occultism, and their intersections with modern political ideologies.
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C.
Nicholas Ferguson
Nicholas Ferguson is a British businessman and private equity executive best known as the founding figure behind the global investment firm Permira.
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D.
Laurence Gardner
Laurence Gardner was a British author and lecturer known for his controversial books on alternative history, secret societies, and speculative theories about royal bloodlines and religious history.
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E.
Richard Benson
Richard Benson is the witty, self-absorbed Hollywood screenwriter portrayed by William Holden in the 1964 romantic comedy film "Paris When It Sizzles."
- 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: Michael Baigent Target entity description: Michael Baigent was a New Zealand-born writer and researcher best known as a co-author of the controversial historical conspiracy book "The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail."
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A.
Graham Hancock
Graham Hancock is a British writer and journalist best known for his controversial theories about ancient civilizations, lost advanced cultures, and alternative interpretations of archaeological evidence.
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B.
Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke
Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke was a British historian and scholar renowned for his influential research on Western esotericism, occultism, and their intersections with modern political ideologies.
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C.
Nicholas Ferguson
Nicholas Ferguson is a British businessman and private equity executive best known as the founding figure behind the global investment firm Permira.
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D.
Laurence Gardner
Laurence Gardner was a British author and lecturer known for his controversial books on alternative history, secret societies, and speculative theories about royal bloodlines and religious history.
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E.
Richard Benson
Richard Benson is the witty, self-absorbed Hollywood screenwriter portrayed by William Holden in the 1964 romantic comedy film "Paris When It Sizzles."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical researcher
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human ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | stroke ⓘ |
| coAuthorWith |
Henry Lincoln
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Richard Leigh ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | New Zealand ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1948-02-27 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2013-06-17 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of Auckland
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University of Canterbury ⓘ |
| familyName | Baigent ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Christian history
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esoteric traditions ⓘ secret societies ⓘ |
| genre |
conspiracy literature
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non-fiction ⓘ religious history ⓘ |
| givenName | Michael ⓘ |
| influenced | popular conspiracy theories about Jesus and the Holy Grail ⓘ |
| knownFor |
co-authoring The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail
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popularizing theories about Jesus and the Merovingian bloodline ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| legalActionOutcome | lost copyright infringement case against Dan Brown ⓘ |
| movedTo | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| name | Michael Baigent ⓘ |
| nationality | New Zealander ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Holy Blood, Holy Grail
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Racing Toward Armageddon ⓘ The Dead Sea Scrolls Deception ⓘ The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail ⓘ The Inquisition ⓘ The Messianic Legacy ⓘ The Temple and the Lodge ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 2 ⓘ |
| occupation |
researcher
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writer ⓘ |
| participantIn | lawsuit against Dan Brown and Random House over The Da Vinci Code ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Christchurch, New Zealand ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Brighton, England ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism (former) ⓘ |
| religiousThemeInWorks |
Holy Grail theories
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alternative interpretations of Jesus ⓘ secret bloodline of Jesus ⓘ |
| residence | England ⓘ |
| spouse | Jane Baigent ⓘ |
| subjectOf | controversy regarding historical accuracy of his works ⓘ |
| sued | Dan Brown ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Michael Baigent Description of subject: Michael Baigent was a New Zealand-born writer and researcher best known as a co-author of the controversial historical conspiracy book "The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail."
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.