Magnus Hirschfeld
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Magnus Hirschfeld was a pioneering German physician and sexologist who advocated for LGBTQ+ rights and conducted groundbreaking research on human sexuality in the early 20th century.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Magnus Hirschfeld canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10811739 — 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.
Target entity: Magnus Hirschfeld Context triple: [Different from the Others, featuresCameo, Magnus Hirschfeld]
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Otto Rosenfeld
Otto Rosenfeld, better known as Otto Rank, was an influential Austrian psychoanalyst and close early collaborator of Sigmund Freud who became a pioneering theorist of creativity, will, and the psychology of birth trauma.
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B.
Maximilian Goldmann
Maximilian Goldmann, better known as Max Reinhardt, was a pioneering Austrian-born theatre director and producer who revolutionized modern stagecraft in the early 20th century.
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C.
Adolf Baeumker
Adolf Baeumker was a German Luftwaffe officer who served as a General of Fighter Aviation during the Nazi era.
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D.
Hermann Schapira
Hermann Schapira was a 19th-century Lithuanian-Jewish mathematician and early Zionist thinker who was among the first to propose the establishment of a Jewish national fund for land purchase in Palestine.
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E.
Max Nordau
Max Nordau was a Hungarian-born physician, social critic, and co-founder of the World Zionist Organization who became one of the leading intellectual figures of early political Zionism.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Magnus Hirschfeld Target entity description: Magnus Hirschfeld was a pioneering German physician and sexologist who advocated for LGBTQ+ rights and conducted groundbreaking research on human sexuality in the early 20th century.
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A.
Otto Rosenfeld
Otto Rosenfeld, better known as Otto Rank, was an influential Austrian psychoanalyst and close early collaborator of Sigmund Freud who became a pioneering theorist of creativity, will, and the psychology of birth trauma.
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B.
Maximilian Goldmann
Maximilian Goldmann, better known as Max Reinhardt, was a pioneering Austrian-born theatre director and producer who revolutionized modern stagecraft in the early 20th century.
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C.
Adolf Baeumker
Adolf Baeumker was a German Luftwaffe officer who served as a General of Fighter Aviation during the Nazi era.
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D.
Hermann Schapira
Hermann Schapira was a 19th-century Lithuanian-Jewish mathematician and early Zionist thinker who was among the first to propose the establishment of a Jewish national fund for land purchase in Palestine.
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E.
Max Nordau
Max Nordau was a Hungarian-born physician, social critic, and co-founder of the World Zionist Organization who became one of the leading intellectual figures of early political Zionism.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (59)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Jewish person
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LGBT rights activist ⓘ human ⓘ physician ⓘ sexologist ⓘ |
| advocatedFor |
decriminalization of homosexuality
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legal recognition of transgender people ⓘ repeal of Paragraph 175 of the German Penal Code ⓘ sexual education ⓘ |
| archiveDestroyedBy | Nazis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| archiveDestroyedEvent | Nazi book burnings of 1933 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | myocardial infarction ⓘ |
| citizenship |
German Empire
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Germany ⓘ |
| coinedTerm | transvestite ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Germany ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1868-05-14 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1935-05-14 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Humboldt University of Berlin
ⓘ
surface form:
University of Berlin
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich ⓘ
surface form:
University of Munich
University of Strasbourg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | Weimar Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Hirschfeld NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
LGBT rights
ⓘ
human sexuality ⓘ sexology ⓘ |
| founded |
Institute for Sexual Science
NERFINISHED
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Medical Society for Sexology and Eugenics NERFINISHED ⓘ Scientific-Humanitarian Committee NERFINISHED ⓘ World League for Sexual Reform NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Magnus Hirschfeld NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Magnus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownAs | Einstein of Sex NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| livedIn |
Berlin
NERFINISHED
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Nice NERFINISHED ⓘ Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement |
first homosexual rights movement
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sex reform movement ⓘ |
| nationality | German ⓘ |
| notableFor |
advocacy for homosexual and transgender rights
ⓘ
pioneering research on human sexuality ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Berlin’s Third Sex
NERFINISHED
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Die Homosexualität des Mannes und des Weibes NERFINISHED ⓘ Geschlechtskunde NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
activist
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physician ⓘ sexologist ⓘ |
| opposedBy | Nazis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partner |
Karl Giese
NERFINISHED
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Li Shiu Tong NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Prussia
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surface form:
Kingdom of Prussia
Kolberg NERFINISHED ⓘ Province of Pomerania NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
France
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Nice NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | socialist ⓘ |
| positionHeld | president of the World League for Sexual Reform ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| sexualOrientation | homosexual ⓘ |
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Subject: Magnus Hirschfeld Description of subject: Magnus Hirschfeld was a pioneering German physician and sexologist who advocated for LGBTQ+ rights and conducted groundbreaking research on human sexuality in the early 20th century.
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