Dame Hermione Lee
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Dame Hermione Lee is a distinguished British literary scholar and biographer, renowned for her acclaimed biographies of writers such as Virginia Woolf and Penelope Fitzgerald.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Dame Hermione Lee canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dame Hermione Lee Context triple: [North London Collegiate School, alumna, Dame Hermione Lee]
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A.
Hermione Gingold
Hermione Gingold was a British-born actress and comedienne known for her sharp wit, distinctive throaty voice, and memorable character roles on stage and screen in the mid-20th century.
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B.
Hermione Baddeley
Hermione Baddeley was an English character actress known for her sharp-tongued, memorable supporting roles in British cinema and later in Hollywood films and television.
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C.
Hedwig Robinson
Hedwig Robinson is the flamboyant, genderqueer East German rock singer and title character of the musical "Hedwig and the Angry Inch."
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D.
Dame Janet Thornton
Dame Janet Thornton is a British biochemist and pioneering computational biologist renowned for her influential work on protein structure and bioinformatics, including leadership roles at the European Bioinformatics Institute.
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E.
Rosalind Harris
Rosalind Harris is an American actress best known for playing Tzeitel in the film adaptation of the musical "Fiddler on the Roof."
- 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: Dame Hermione Lee Target entity description: Dame Hermione Lee is a distinguished British literary scholar and biographer, renowned for her acclaimed biographies of writers such as Virginia Woolf and Penelope Fitzgerald.
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A.
Hermione Gingold
Hermione Gingold was a British-born actress and comedienne known for her sharp wit, distinctive throaty voice, and memorable character roles on stage and screen in the mid-20th century.
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B.
Hermione Baddeley
Hermione Baddeley was an English character actress known for her sharp-tongued, memorable supporting roles in British cinema and later in Hollywood films and television.
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C.
Hedwig Robinson
Hedwig Robinson is the flamboyant, genderqueer East German rock singer and title character of the musical "Hedwig and the Angry Inch."
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D.
Dame Janet Thornton
Dame Janet Thornton is a British biochemist and pioneering computational biologist renowned for her influential work on protein structure and bioinformatics, including leadership roles at the European Bioinformatics Institute.
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E.
Rosalind Harris
Rosalind Harris is an American actress best known for playing Tzeitel in the film adaptation of the musical "Fiddler on the Roof."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
biographer
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human ⓘ literary scholar ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Biographers' Club Prize
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Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire ⓘ French Legion of Honour ⓘ
linked to:
Légion d'honneur
James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Biography ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
England
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United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1948-02-29 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Oxford High School
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St Cross College, Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ St Hilda's College, Oxford ⓘ
linked to:
St Hilda’s College, Oxford
|
| employer |
New College, Oxford
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
St Hilda's College, Oxford ⓘ
linked to:
St Hilda’s College, Oxford
University of Liverpool ⓘ University of York ⓘ |
| familyName | Lee ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
English literature
ⓘ
biography ⓘ literary criticism ⓘ |
| givenName | Hermione ⓘ |
| honorificPrefix | Dame ⓘ |
| knownFor |
biography of Edith Wharton
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biography of Penelope Fitzgerald ⓘ biography of Tom Stoppard ⓘ biography of Virginia Woolf ⓘ biography of Willa Cather ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
British Academy
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Royal Society of Literature ⓘ |
| name | Hermione Lee ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Body Parts: Essays on Life-Writing
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Edith Wharton (2007 biography) ⓘ
linked to:
Edith Wharton
Penelope Fitzgerald: A Life (2013 biography) ⓘ
linked to:
Penelope Fitzgerald
The Novels of Virginia Woolf ⓘ
linked to:
Virginia Woolf bibliography
Tom Stoppard: A Life (2020 biography) ⓘ Virginia Woolf (1996 biography) ⓘ
linked to:
Virginia Woolf: A Biography
Willa Cather: A Life Saved Up ⓘ |
| occupation |
biographer
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literary critic ⓘ university teacher ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
England
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Hampshire ⓘ Winchester ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Goldsmiths' Professor of English Literature at the University of Oxford
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President of Wolfson College, Oxford ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
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