Nathaniel Scudder
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Nathaniel Scudder was an American physician, Continental Congress delegate, and Revolutionary War militia officer who was the only member of Congress killed in combat during the American Revolution.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Nathaniel Scudder canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10623065 — 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: Nathaniel Scudder Context triple: [Scudder, hasNotableBearer, Nathaniel Scudder]
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A.
Sylvanus Warren
Sylvanus Warren was a 19th-century American lawyer and civic leader best known as the father of Emily Warren Roebling, who played a key role in the completion of the Brooklyn Bridge.
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B.
Thayer Scudder
Thayer Scudder is an American anthropologist and leading expert on the social and environmental impacts of large dam projects and resettlement programs worldwide.
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C.
Elias Loomis
Elias Loomis was a 19th-century American mathematician and physicist known for his work in astronomy, meteorology, and mathematical education.
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D.
John Codman
John Codman was a notable member of the prominent New England Codman family, recognized for his social standing and influence within the region’s historical elite.
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E.
Frank Sanborn
Frank Sanborn was a 19th-century American abolitionist, journalist, and reformer closely associated with the Transcendentalist movement and figures such as John Brown and Ralph Waldo Emerson.
- 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: Nathaniel Scudder Target entity description: Nathaniel Scudder was an American physician, Continental Congress delegate, and Revolutionary War militia officer who was the only member of Congress killed in combat during the American Revolution.
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A.
Sylvanus Warren
Sylvanus Warren was a 19th-century American lawyer and civic leader best known as the father of Emily Warren Roebling, who played a key role in the completion of the Brooklyn Bridge.
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B.
Thayer Scudder
Thayer Scudder is an American anthropologist and leading expert on the social and environmental impacts of large dam projects and resettlement programs worldwide.
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C.
Elias Loomis
Elias Loomis was a 19th-century American mathematician and physicist known for his work in astronomy, meteorology, and mathematical education.
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D.
John Codman
John Codman was a notable member of the prominent New England Codman family, recognized for his social standing and influence within the region’s historical elite.
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E.
Frank Sanborn
Frank Sanborn was a 19th-century American abolitionist, journalist, and reformer closely associated with the Transcendentalist movement and figures such as John Brown and Ralph Waldo Emerson.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American physician
ⓘ
Continental Congress delegate ⓘ Revolutionary War militia officer ⓘ human ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Tennent Churchyard, Manalapan, New Jersey ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | killed in action ⓘ |
| citizenship | British America ⓘ |
| conflict | American Revolutionary War ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| dateOfBirth | 1733-05-10 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1781-10-17 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
College of New Jersey
ⓘ
Princeton University ⓘ |
| era | American Revolutionary era ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
American colonists
ⓘ
linked to:
American Loyalists
|
| fieldOfWork |
medicine
ⓘ
military affairs ⓘ politics ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasActivityEnd | death in 1781 ⓘ |
| hasActivityStart | service in Continental Congress in the late 1770s ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Dr. ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | death in battle ⓘ |
| memberOf | Continental Congress ⓘ |
| militaryAllegiance |
State of New Jersey
ⓘ
linked to:
New Jersey, United States
United States (Continental forces) ⓘ
linked to:
United States (during Revolutionary War)
|
| militaryBranch | New Jersey militia ⓘ |
| militaryRank | colonel ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | English ⓘ |
| notableEvent | killed while leading New Jersey militia against a British raiding party in 1781 ⓘ |
| notableFact | only sitting member of the Continental Congress to die in combat ⓘ |
| notableFor | only member of the Continental Congress killed in combat during the American Revolution ⓘ |
| occupation |
physician
ⓘ
politician ⓘ soldier ⓘ |
| participatedIn | New Jersey militia operations during the American Revolutionary War ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Colts Neck, New Jersey
ⓘ
linked to:
Colts Neck Township, New Jersey
Monmouth County, New Jersey ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Shrewsbury, New Jersey ⓘ |
| politicalAffiliation | Patriot cause ⓘ |
| positionHeld | delegate to the Continental Congress ⓘ |
| regionOfActivity |
New Jersey
ⓘ
linked to:
New Jersey, United States
|
| religion |
Presbyterianism
ⓘ
linked to:
Presbyterian
|
| represented |
New Jersey
ⓘ
linked to:
New Jersey, United States
|
| residence |
Freehold, New Jersey
ⓘ
Monmouth County, New Jersey ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Nathaniel Scudder Description of subject: Nathaniel Scudder was an American physician, Continental Congress delegate, and Revolutionary War militia officer who was the only member of Congress killed in combat during the American Revolution.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.