Egon Meyer-Peter
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Egon Meyer-Peter was a Swiss hydraulic engineer known for his influential work on sediment transport, including co-developing the widely used Meyer-Peter–Müller bed-load formula.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Egon Meyer-Peter canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11053881 — 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: Egon Meyer-Peter Context triple: [Meyer-Peter–Müller bed-load formula, developedBy, Egon Meyer-Peter]
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A.
Egon Zimmermann
Egon Zimmermann was an Austrian alpine ski racer best known for winning the downhill gold medal at the 1964 Winter Olympics.
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B.
Egon Brain
Egon Brain is a music producer known for creating and shaping recorded tracks, likely within contemporary electronic or pop genres.
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C.
Egon
Egon is a masculine given name of German origin, notably borne by several European politicians, artists, and intellectuals.
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D.
Joseph Rank
Joseph Rank was a prominent British industrialist and flour miller who founded the Rank Hovis McDougall conglomerate and became one of the leading figures in the UK food industry.
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E.
Ludwig Jekels
Ludwig Jekels was an Austrian physician and early psychoanalyst who was among the first followers of Sigmund Freud and a contributor to the development and spread of psychoanalytic theory.
- 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: Egon Meyer-Peter Target entity description: Egon Meyer-Peter was a Swiss hydraulic engineer known for his influential work on sediment transport, including co-developing the widely used Meyer-Peter–Müller bed-load formula.
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A.
Egon Zimmermann
Egon Zimmermann was an Austrian alpine ski racer best known for winning the downhill gold medal at the 1964 Winter Olympics.
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B.
Egon Brain
Egon Brain is a music producer known for creating and shaping recorded tracks, likely within contemporary electronic or pop genres.
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C.
Egon
Egon is a masculine given name of German origin, notably borne by several European politicians, artists, and intellectuals.
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D.
Joseph Rank
Joseph Rank was a prominent British industrialist and flour miller who founded the Rank Hovis McDougall conglomerate and became one of the leading figures in the UK food industry.
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E.
Ludwig Jekels
Ludwig Jekels was an Austrian physician and early psychoanalyst who was among the first followers of Sigmund Freud and a contributor to the development and spread of psychoanalytic theory.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Swiss person
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human ⓘ hydraulic engineer ⓘ |
| coAuthorWith | R. Müller ⓘ |
| coDeveloperOf | Meyer-Peter–Müller bed-load formula ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Switzerland ⓘ |
| employer | ETH Zurich ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
fluvial hydraulics
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hydraulic engineering ⓘ sediment transport ⓘ |
| hasAcademicDiscipline |
civil engineering
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water resources engineering ⓘ |
| hasGivenName | Egon ⓘ |
| hasLastName |
Meyer-Peter
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linked to:
Meyer-Peter–Müller bed-load formula
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| influenced |
modern sediment transport modelling
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river engineering design practices ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Meyer-Peter–Müller bed-load formula
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research on bed-load transport in open channels ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | German ⓘ |
| notableConcept |
bed-load transport threshold
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dimensionless shear stress for sediment motion ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Meyer-Peter–Müller sediment transport formula
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linked to:
Meyer-Peter–Müller bed-load formula
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| occupation |
engineer
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university professor ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Switzerland
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Zurich ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Egon Meyer-Peter Description of subject: Egon Meyer-Peter was a Swiss hydraulic engineer known for his influential work on sediment transport, including co-developing the widely used Meyer-Peter–Müller bed-load formula.
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