Fanny Crosby
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Fanny Crosby was a prolific 19th-century American hymn writer and poet, renowned for composing thousands of Christian hymns despite being blind from infancy.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Fanny Crosby canonical | 3 |
| Fanny Crosby (1820–1915) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12088017 — 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: Fanny Crosby Context triple: [Fanny, hasNotableBearer, Fanny Crosby]
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A.
Robert Lowry (hymn writer)
Robert Lowry was a 19th-century American Baptist minister and prolific composer of gospel hymns, best known for writing classics such as “Shall We Gather at the River?” and “Low in the Grave He Lay (Christ Arose).”
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B.
Amos Spafford
Amos Spafford was an early American surveyor and pioneer known for his work mapping and developing lands in the Western Reserve region.
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C.
Cecil Frances Alexander
Cecil Frances Alexander was a 19th-century Irish hymn writer best known for composing enduring Christian hymns such as "All Things Bright and Beautiful" and "Once in Royal David's City."
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D.
John Baptist Ashe
John Baptist Ashe was an American lawyer, Revolutionary War officer, and politician from North Carolina who served as a delegate to the Continental Congress and later as Speaker of the North Carolina House of Commons.
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E.
Samuel Francis Smith
Samuel Francis Smith was a 19th-century American Baptist minister and poet best known for writing the patriotic hymn "My Country, 'Tis of Thee."
- 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: Fanny Crosby Target entity description: Fanny Crosby was a prolific 19th-century American hymn writer and poet, renowned for composing thousands of Christian hymns despite being blind from infancy.
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A.
Robert Lowry (hymn writer)
Robert Lowry was a 19th-century American Baptist minister and prolific composer of gospel hymns, best known for writing classics such as “Shall We Gather at the River?” and “Low in the Grave He Lay (Christ Arose).”
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B.
Amos Spafford
Amos Spafford was an early American surveyor and pioneer known for his work mapping and developing lands in the Western Reserve region.
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C.
Cecil Frances Alexander
Cecil Frances Alexander was a 19th-century Irish hymn writer best known for composing enduring Christian hymns such as "All Things Bright and Beautiful" and "Once in Royal David's City."
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D.
John Baptist Ashe
John Baptist Ashe was an American lawyer, Revolutionary War officer, and politician from North Carolina who served as a delegate to the Continental Congress and later as Speaker of the North Carolina House of Commons.
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E.
Samuel Francis Smith
Samuel Francis Smith was a 19th-century American Baptist minister and poet best known for writing the patriotic hymn "My Country, 'Tis of Thee."
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Fanny Crosby