Richard P. Saller

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classical scholar historian university administrator

Richard P. Saller is a historian and classical scholar known for his influential research on the social and economic structures of ancient Rome, particularly Roman family life and patriarchy.

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Label	Occurrences
Richard Saller	2
Richard P. Saller canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10862981 — 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: Richard P. Saller
Context triple: [Patriarchy, Property and Death in the Roman Family, author, Richard P. Saller]

A. Richard H. Stahlman
Richard H. Stahlman was an academic mentor and doctoral advisor known for supervising Herbert Boyer, a pioneering figure in genetic engineering and biotechnology.
B. Ronald J. Grabe
Ronald J. Grabe is a former NASA astronaut and U.S. Air Force colonel who piloted and commanded multiple Space Shuttle missions.
C. Martin J. Hillenbrand
Martin J. Hillenbrand was an American career diplomat who held several key Cold War-era posts, including serving as U.S. Ambassador to Hungary and later to the Federal Republic of Germany.
D. Richard A. Diehl
Richard A. Diehl is an American archaeologist and Mesoamericanist best known for his influential research on the Olmec civilization and early complex societies in ancient Mexico.
E. Martin J. Fettman
Martin J. Fettman is an American veterinary pathologist and astronaut who flew on NASA's STS-58 Spacelab Life Sciences 2 mission, conducting biomedical research in space.
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: Richard P. Saller
Target entity description: Richard P. Saller is a historian and classical scholar known for his influential research on the social and economic structures of ancient Rome, particularly Roman family life and patriarchy.

A. Richard H. Stahlman
Richard H. Stahlman was an academic mentor and doctoral advisor known for supervising Herbert Boyer, a pioneering figure in genetic engineering and biotechnology.
B. Ronald J. Grabe
Ronald J. Grabe is a former NASA astronaut and U.S. Air Force colonel who piloted and commanded multiple Space Shuttle missions.
C. Martin J. Hillenbrand
Martin J. Hillenbrand was an American career diplomat who held several key Cold War-era posts, including serving as U.S. Ambassador to Hungary and later to the Federal Republic of Germany.
D. Richard A. Diehl
Richard A. Diehl is an American archaeologist and Mesoamericanist best known for his influential research on the Olmec civilization and early complex societies in ancient Mexico.
E. Martin J. Fettman
Martin J. Fettman is an American veterinary pathologist and astronaut who flew on NASA's STS-58 Spacelab Life Sciences 2 mission, conducting biomedical research in space.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	classical scholar ⓘ historian ⓘ university administrator ⓘ
academicDegree	PhD in ancient history ⓘ bachelor’s degree in history ⓘ
citizenship	United States of America ⓘ
coAuthorWith	Brent D. Shaw NERFINISHED ⓘ Keith Hopkins NERFINISHED ⓘ Peter Garnsey NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfEmployment	United States of America NERFINISHED ⓘ
educatedAt	Cambridge University ⓘ surface form: University of Cambridge University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign ⓘ
employer	Stanford University ⓘ Cambridge University ⓘ surface form: University of Cambridge University of Chicago ⓘ
fieldOfWork	Roman history ⓘ ancient history ⓘ classics ⓘ economic history ⓘ history of the Roman family ⓘ social history ⓘ
genre	academic writing ⓘ
hasAcademicDiscipline	classics ⓘ history ⓘ
knownFor	quantitative approaches to Roman social history ⓘ research on social and economic structures of ancient Rome ⓘ studies of Roman family life ⓘ work on Roman patriarchy ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
memberOf	American Academy of Arts and Sciences ⓘ
notableWork	Patriarchy, Property and Death in the Roman Family NERFINISHED ⓘ Personal Patronage under the Early Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ The Roman Empire: Economy, Society and Culture NERFINISHED ⓘ Women, Slaves and the Hierarchies of Roman Society NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupation	historian ⓘ professor ⓘ university president ⓘ
positionHeld	Dean of the School of Humanities and Sciences at Stanford University ⓘ Dean of the Social Sciences Division at the University of Chicago ⓘ Kleinheinz Family Professor of European Studies at Stanford University NERFINISHED ⓘ President of Stanford University ⓘ Professor of Classics at Stanford University ⓘ Professor of History at the University of Chicago ⓘ Provost of the University of Chicago ⓘ
researchInterest	Roman household structure ⓘ demography of the Roman world ⓘ patronage in the Roman Empire ⓘ status and hierarchy in Roman society ⓘ

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Patriarchy, Property and Death in the Roman Family → author → Richard P. Saller ⓘ

this entity surface form: Richard Saller

Peter Garnsey → coAuthor → Richard P. Saller ⓘ