Sir Peter Mansfield
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Sir Peter Mansfield was a British physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work in the development of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Sir Peter Mansfield canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11439830 — 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: Sir Peter Mansfield Context triple: [Nottingham High School, hasNotableAlumni, Sir Peter Mansfield]
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A.
Godfrey Hounsfield
Godfrey Hounsfield was a British electrical engineer and Nobel Prize–winning inventor best known for pioneering X-ray computed tomography, leading to the development of the modern CT scanner.
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B.
Allan Cormack
Allan Cormack was a South African-born physicist and Nobel laureate whose theoretical work laid the foundation for the development of X-ray computed tomography (CT) scanning.
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C.
Edward M. Purcell
Edward M. Purcell was an American physicist and Nobel laureate best known for his discovery of nuclear magnetic resonance, which laid the foundation for technologies such as MRI.
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D.
Godfrey Huggins
Godfrey Huggins was a British-born physician and conservative politician who served as a long-time leader in Southern Rhodesia and later as the first Prime Minister of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland.
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E.
Felix Bloch
Felix Bloch was a Swiss-American physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work in nuclear magnetic resonance and solid-state physics.
- 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: Sir Peter Mansfield Target entity description: Sir Peter Mansfield was a British physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work in the development of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
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A.
Godfrey Hounsfield
Godfrey Hounsfield was a British electrical engineer and Nobel Prize–winning inventor best known for pioneering X-ray computed tomography, leading to the development of the modern CT scanner.
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B.
Allan Cormack
Allan Cormack was a South African-born physicist and Nobel laureate whose theoretical work laid the foundation for the development of X-ray computed tomography (CT) scanning.
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C.
Edward M. Purcell
Edward M. Purcell was an American physicist and Nobel laureate best known for his discovery of nuclear magnetic resonance, which laid the foundation for technologies such as MRI.
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D.
Godfrey Huggins
Godfrey Huggins was a British-born physician and conservative politician who served as a long-time leader in Southern Rhodesia and later as the first Prime Minister of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland.
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E.
Felix Bloch
Felix Bloch was a Swiss-American physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work in nuclear magnetic resonance and solid-state physics.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Fellow of the Royal Society
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Nobel laureate ⓘ human ⓘ physicist ⓘ |
| academicDegree |
Bachelor of Science in Physics
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Doctor of Philosophy in Physics ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Fellow of the Royal Society
NERFINISHED
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Gold Medal of the Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine NERFINISHED ⓘ Knight Bachelor ⓘ Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine ⓘ Royal Society Royal Medal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | heart attack ⓘ |
| citizenship | British ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United Kingdom
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United Kingdom ⓘ
surface form:
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
|
| dateOfBirth | 1933-10-09 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2017-02-08 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
East Ham Technical College
NERFINISHED
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Queen Mary College, University of London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | University of Nottingham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Mansfield NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
magnetic resonance imaging
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medical imaging ⓘ physics ⓘ |
| fullName | Peter Mansfield NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Peter ⓘ |
| honorificPrefix | Sir ⓘ |
| knownFor |
development of magnetic resonance imaging
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echo-planar imaging ⓘ ultrafast MRI imaging techniques ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| NobelPrizeCategory | Physiology or Medicine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| NobelPrizeMotivation | discoveries concerning magnetic resonance imaging ⓘ |
| NobelPrizeYear | 2003 ⓘ |
| notableWork | development of echo-planar imaging for MRI ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
England
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Lambeth NERFINISHED ⓘ London, England ⓘ
surface form:
London
United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
England
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Nottingham NERFINISHED ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Professor of Magnetic Resonance Physics
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Professor of Physics ⓘ |
| residence | Nottingham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sharedNobelPrizeWith | Paul Lauterbur NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workLocation | Nottingham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Sir Peter Mansfield Description of subject: Sir Peter Mansfield was a British physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work in the development of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.