Montague Rhodes James
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Montague Rhodes James was an English medievalist scholar and author best known for his influential ghost stories that helped define the modern English ghost story tradition.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Montague Rhodes James canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11203747 — 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: Montague Rhodes James Context triple: [M. R. James, fullName, Montague Rhodes James]
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Edward Milford
Edward Milford was a senior Australian Army officer and World War II commander who played a key leadership role in the Pacific theatre.
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Ernst Robinson
Ernst Robinson is one of the adventurous sons in the classic family castaway story "Swiss Family Robinson," portrayed as an intelligent and resourceful young man.
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C.
Martin Farquhar Tupper
Martin Farquhar Tupper was a 19th-century English poet and popular moralist best known for his once widely read didactic work "Proverbial Philosophy."
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D.
J. M. Macdonnell
J. M. Macdonnell was a Canadian academic and administrator who served as a chancellor at Carleton University.
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E.
Richard St George Moore
Richard St George Moore was a British architect best known for designing the iconic Brighton Palace Pier in England.
- 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: Montague Rhodes James Target entity description: Montague Rhodes James was an English medievalist scholar and author best known for his influential ghost stories that helped define the modern English ghost story tradition.
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A.
Edward Milford
Edward Milford was a senior Australian Army officer and World War II commander who played a key leadership role in the Pacific theatre.
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B.
Ernst Robinson
Ernst Robinson is one of the adventurous sons in the classic family castaway story "Swiss Family Robinson," portrayed as an intelligent and resourceful young man.
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C.
Martin Farquhar Tupper
Martin Farquhar Tupper was a 19th-century English poet and popular moralist best known for his once widely read didactic work "Proverbial Philosophy."
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D.
J. M. Macdonnell
J. M. Macdonnell was a Canadian academic and administrator who served as a chancellor at Carleton University.
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E.
Richard St George Moore
Richard St George Moore was a British architect best known for designing the iconic Brighton Palace Pier in England.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (58)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
author
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ghost story writer ⓘ human ⓘ medievalist ⓘ scholar ⓘ short story writer ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
medieval studies
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palaeography ⓘ theology ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | M. R. James NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Order of Merit ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Eton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | heart disease ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
England
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United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1862-08-01 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1936-06-12 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Eton College
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King's College, Cambridge NERFINISHED ⓘ Temple Grove School NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer |
Eton College
NERFINISHED
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King's College, Cambridge NERFINISHED ⓘ Cambridge University ⓘ
surface form:
University of Cambridge
|
| ethnicGroup | English ⓘ |
| familyName | James NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
biblical apocrypha
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ghost stories ⓘ medieval manuscripts ⓘ |
| fullName | Montague Rhodes James NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
ghost story
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horror fiction ⓘ |
| givenName | Montague NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
Clark Ashton Smith
NERFINISHED
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H. P. Lovecraft NERFINISHED ⓘ Ramsey Campbell NERFINISHED ⓘ Stephen King NERFINISHED ⓘ modern English ghost story tradition ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| notableFor | helping define the modern English ghost story tradition ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A Thin Ghost and Others
NERFINISHED
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A Warning to the Curious and Other Ghost Stories NERFINISHED ⓘ Casting the Runes NERFINISHED ⓘ Ghost Stories of an Antiquary NERFINISHED ⓘ More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary NERFINISHED ⓘ Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
England
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Goodnestone NERFINISHED ⓘ Kent NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Berkshire
NERFINISHED
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England ⓘ Eton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Director of the Fitzwilliam Museum
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Provost of Eton College ⓘ Provost of King's College, Cambridge ⓘ |
| religion | Anglicanism ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Cambridge
NERFINISHED
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Eton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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