Sir Max Hugh Macdonald Hastings
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Sir Max Hugh Macdonald Hastings is a British journalist, editor, military historian, and author renowned for his works on World War II and modern warfare.
All labels observed (1)
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| Sir Max Hugh Macdonald Hastings canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10373101 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sir Max Hugh Macdonald Hastings Context triple: [Max Hastings, birthName, Sir Max Hugh Macdonald Hastings]
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A.
Lieutenant-General Oliver Leese
Lieutenant-General Oliver Leese was a senior British Army officer of the Second World War, best known for commanding corps- and army-level formations in major campaigns in North Africa and Italy.
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B.
Hugh Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery
Hugh Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery was a Scottish nobleman and soldier best known for his leading role in the early 17th-century plantation and settlement of Ulster in Ireland.
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C.
1st Viscount Slim
1st Viscount Slim was a British field marshal and highly respected World War II commander who later served as Governor-General of Australia.
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D.
Julian Byng
Julian Byng was a British Army officer and First World War general who later served as Governor General of Canada.
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E.
John Vereker, 8th Viscount Gort
John Vereker, 8th Viscount Gort was a British Army officer best known for commanding the British Expeditionary Force during the early stages of World War II, including the Dunkirk evacuation.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sir Max Hugh Macdonald Hastings Target entity description: Sir Max Hugh Macdonald Hastings is a British journalist, editor, military historian, and author renowned for his works on World War II and modern warfare.
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A.
Lieutenant-General Oliver Leese
Lieutenant-General Oliver Leese was a senior British Army officer of the Second World War, best known for commanding corps- and army-level formations in major campaigns in North Africa and Italy.
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B.
Hugh Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery
Hugh Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery was a Scottish nobleman and soldier best known for his leading role in the early 17th-century plantation and settlement of Ulster in Ireland.
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C.
1st Viscount Slim
1st Viscount Slim was a British field marshal and highly respected World War II commander who later served as Governor-General of Australia.
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D.
Julian Byng
Julian Byng was a British Army officer and First World War general who later served as Governor General of Canada.
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E.
John Vereker, 8th Viscount Gort
John Vereker, 8th Viscount Gort was a British Army officer best known for commanding the British Expeditionary Force during the early stages of World War II, including the Dunkirk evacuation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
editor
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human ⓘ journalist ⓘ military historian ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Knight Bachelor
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Order of the British Empire ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1945-12-28 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Charterhouse School
NERFINISHED
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University College, Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Hastings NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
history of World War II
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journalism ⓘ military history ⓘ modern warfare ⓘ |
| fullName | Sir Max Hugh Macdonald Hastings NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
military history
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non-fiction ⓘ |
| givenName | Max NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| honorificPrefix | Sir ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableFor |
works on World War II
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works on modern warfare ⓘ |
| notableWork |
All Hell Let Loose: The World at War 1939–1945
NERFINISHED
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Armageddon: The Battle for Germany 1944–1945 NERFINISHED ⓘ Bomber Command NERFINISHED ⓘ Nemesis: The Battle for Japan, 1944–45 NERFINISHED ⓘ Overlord: D-Day and the Battle for Normandy NERFINISHED ⓘ The Falklands War NERFINISHED ⓘ The Korean War NERFINISHED ⓘ Vietnam: An Epic Tragedy, 1945–1975 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
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editor ⓘ historian ⓘ journalist ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
London, England
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surface form:
London
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| positionHeld |
editor of the Daily Telegraph
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editor of the Evening Standard ⓘ editor-in-chief of the Daily Telegraph ⓘ |
| reportedOn | Falklands War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| spouse | Penny Hastings NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Sir Max Hugh Macdonald Hastings Description of subject: Sir Max Hugh Macdonald Hastings is a British journalist, editor, military historian, and author renowned for his works on World War II and modern warfare.
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