William Wyse Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Cambridge

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endowed chair professorship

The William Wyse Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Cambridge is a prestigious endowed chair in social anthropology at the University of Cambridge.

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Label	Occurrences
William Wyse Professor of Social Anthropology	2
William Wyse Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Cambridge canonical	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10221541 — 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: William Wyse Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Cambridge
Context triple: [Ernest Gellner, positionHeld, William Wyse Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Cambridge]

A. Department of Social Anthropology, University of Cambridge
The Department of Social Anthropology at the University of Cambridge is a leading academic center for the study and research of human societies, cultures, and social relations.
B. Elliott Professor of Sociology
Elliott Professor of Sociology is an endowed academic chair in sociology held by distinguished scholars such as Robert N. Bellah at a major university.
C. Department of Sociology, University of Cambridge
The Department of Sociology at the University of Cambridge is a leading academic unit specializing in sociological research and teaching on contemporary social issues, inequalities, and institutions.
D. Chichele Professor of Social and Political Theory
The Chichele Professor of Social and Political Theory is a prestigious endowed chair at the University of Oxford, held by leading scholars in political and social thought.
E. Martin White Professor of Sociology
The Martin White Professor of Sociology is a prestigious endowed chair at the London School of Economics, historically associated with leading figures in the development of modern sociology in Britain.
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: William Wyse Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Cambridge
Target entity description: The William Wyse Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Cambridge is a prestigious endowed chair in social anthropology at the University of Cambridge.

A. Department of Social Anthropology, University of Cambridge
The Department of Social Anthropology at the University of Cambridge is a leading academic center for the study and research of human societies, cultures, and social relations.
B. Elliott Professor of Sociology
Elliott Professor of Sociology is an endowed academic chair in sociology held by distinguished scholars such as Robert N. Bellah at a major university.
C. Department of Sociology, University of Cambridge
The Department of Sociology at the University of Cambridge is a leading academic unit specializing in sociological research and teaching on contemporary social issues, inequalities, and institutions.
D. Chichele Professor of Social and Political Theory
The Chichele Professor of Social and Political Theory is a prestigious endowed chair at the University of Oxford, held by leading scholars in political and social thought.
E. Martin White Professor of Sociology
The Martin White Professor of Sociology is a prestigious endowed chair at the London School of Economics, historically associated with leading figures in the development of modern sociology in Britain.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (25)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	endowed chair ⓘ professorship ⓘ
academicDiscipline	anthropology ⓘ
academicRank	professor ⓘ
affiliation	University of Cambridge ⓘ linked to: Cambridge University
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
endowmentType	endowed chair ⓘ
field	social anthropology ⓘ
hasDomain	social sciences ⓘ
hasFocus	research in social anthropology ⓘ teaching in social anthropology ⓘ
hasTitle	William Wyse Professor of Social Anthropology ⓘ linked to: William Wyse Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Cambridge
inception	20th century (approximate) ⓘ
isChairIn	social anthropology ⓘ
isEndowed	true ⓘ
isPrestigious	true ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
locatedIn	University of Cambridge ⓘ linked to: Cambridge University
locatedInCity	Cambridge ⓘ
locatedInCountry	England ⓘ
namedAfter	William Wyse ⓘ
partOf	Faculty of Human, Social, and Political Science at the University of Cambridge ⓘ linked to: Faculty of Human, Social, and Political Science, University of Cambridge
positionHeldAt	University of Cambridge ⓘ linked to: Cambridge University
sector	higher education ⓘ
university	University of Cambridge ⓘ linked to: Cambridge University

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ernest Gellner → positionHeld → William Wyse Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Cambridge ⓘ

Meyer Fortes → positionHeld → William Wyse Professor of Social Anthropology ⓘ

linked to: William Wyse Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Cambridge

Marilyn Strathern → positionHeld → William Wyse Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Cambridge ⓘ

William Wyse Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Cambridge → hasTitle → William Wyse Professor of Social Anthropology ⓘ