Cesare Lombroso
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Cesare Lombroso was a 19th-century Italian criminologist and physician known for founding the school of positivist criminology and promoting the controversial theory that criminality is biologically determined.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cesare Lombroso canonical | 2 |
| Lombroso | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11645944 — 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: Cesare Lombroso Context triple: [Gabriel Tarde, influencedBy, Cesare Lombroso]
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A.
José Broca
José Broca was a 19th-century Spanish classical guitarist and composer known for his refined salon-style guitar works.
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B.
Clifford Shaw
Clifford Shaw was an early computer scientist and programmer known for his pioneering work in artificial intelligence and symbolic computation alongside collaborators like Allen Newell.
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C.
Ernst Sellin
Ernst Sellin was a German Protestant theologian and pioneering biblical archaeologist known for his early excavations in the Near East and contributions to the study of Old Testament history.
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D.
Philip Hirschi
Philip Hirschi is a cellist and musician best known for his work with the pioneering jazz fusion group Mahavishnu Orchestra.
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E.
Cesare Beccaria
Cesare Beccaria was an Italian Enlightenment philosopher and jurist best known for his influential treatise "On Crimes and Punishments," which argued for criminal justice reform and against torture and the death penalty.
- 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: Cesare Lombroso Target entity description: Cesare Lombroso was a 19th-century Italian criminologist and physician known for founding the school of positivist criminology and promoting the controversial theory that criminality is biologically determined.
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A.
José Broca
José Broca was a 19th-century Spanish classical guitarist and composer known for his refined salon-style guitar works.
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B.
Clifford Shaw
Clifford Shaw was an early computer scientist and programmer known for his pioneering work in artificial intelligence and symbolic computation alongside collaborators like Allen Newell.
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C.
Ernst Sellin
Ernst Sellin was a German Protestant theologian and pioneering biblical archaeologist known for his early excavations in the Near East and contributions to the study of Old Testament history.
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D.
Philip Hirschi
Philip Hirschi is a cellist and musician best known for his work with the pioneering jazz fusion group Mahavishnu Orchestra.
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E.
Cesare Beccaria
Cesare Beccaria was an Italian Enlightenment philosopher and jurist best known for his influential treatise "On Crimes and Punishments," which argued for criminal justice reform and against torture and the death penalty.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (56)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic
ⓘ
criminologist ⓘ human ⓘ physician ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | cerebral hemorrhage ⓘ |
| child | Gina Lombroso ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Kingdom of Italy
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Kingdom of Sardinia ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1835-11-06 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1909-10-19 ⓘ |
| describedAs |
controversial figure in the history of criminology
ⓘ
founder of criminal anthropology ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of Padua
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University of Pavia ⓘ University of Vienna ⓘ |
| employer | University of Turin ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Italian Jews ⓘ |
| familyName |
Lombroso
ⓘ
linked to:
Cesare Lombroso
|
| fieldOfWork |
anthropology
ⓘ
criminal anthropology ⓘ criminology ⓘ forensic medicine ⓘ psychiatry ⓘ |
| fullName | Cesare Lombroso ⓘ |
| givenName | Cesare ⓘ |
| hasPartInCollection | Cesare Lombroso Museum of Criminal Anthropology in Turin ⓘ |
| influenced |
Enrico Ferri
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Raffaele Garofalo ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Auguste Comte
ⓘ
positivism ⓘ |
| knownFor |
founding the Italian school of positivist criminology
ⓘ
measuring physical traits of criminals ⓘ theory of the born criminal ⓘ theory that criminality is biologically determined ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Italian ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | natural causes ⓘ |
| movement | positivist criminology ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
atavism in criminals
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biological determinism of criminality ⓘ born criminal theory ⓘ criminal anthropology ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Genio e follia
ⓘ
L'uomo delinquente ⓘ La donna delinquente, la prostituta e la donna normale ⓘ |
| occupation |
criminologist
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physician ⓘ psychiatrist ⓘ university professor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Verona ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Turin ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
professor of forensic medicine at the University of Turin
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professor of psychiatry at the University of Turin ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Nina De Benedetti ⓘ |
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Subject: Cesare Lombroso Description of subject: Cesare Lombroso was a 19th-century Italian criminologist and physician known for founding the school of positivist criminology and promoting the controversial theory that criminality is biologically determined.
Referenced by (3)
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linked to: Cesare Lombroso