Thomas Boylston Adams
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Thomas Boylston Adams was an American lawyer, diplomat, and the youngest son of U.S. President John Adams who served in various public roles in the early United States.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Thomas Boylston Adams canonical | 10 |
| Thomas Boylston Adams Jr. | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15808 — 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.
Target entity: Thomas Boylston Adams Context triple: [John Adams, child, Thomas Boylston Adams]
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A.
Charles Adams
Charles Adams was an American lawyer and the second son of U.S. President John Adams and Abigail Adams, known largely through his association with the prominent Adams political family.
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B.
Edward Everett
Edward Everett was a prominent 19th-century American politician, orator, and statesman who served as a U.S. senator, governor of Massachusetts, and briefly as U.S. Secretary of State.
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C.
James Bowdoin
James Bowdoin was an 18th-century American political leader, scholar, and governor of Massachusetts who played a key role in the intellectual and civic life of the early United States.
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D.
James Russell Lowell
James Russell Lowell was a 19th-century American poet, critic, editor, and diplomat associated with the Fireside Poets and influential in shaping U.S. literary culture.
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E.
Increase Mather
Increase Mather was a prominent 17th-century New England Puritan minister and political leader who played a major role in colonial religious life and governance, including efforts to curb the excesses of the Salem witch trials.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Thomas Boylston Adams Target entity description: Thomas Boylston Adams was an American lawyer, diplomat, and the youngest son of U.S. President John Adams who served in various public roles in the early United States.
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A.
Charles Adams
Charles Adams was an American lawyer and the second son of U.S. President John Adams and Abigail Adams, known largely through his association with the prominent Adams political family.
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B.
Edward Everett
Edward Everett was a prominent 19th-century American politician, orator, and statesman who served as a U.S. senator, governor of Massachusetts, and briefly as U.S. Secretary of State.
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C.
James Bowdoin
James Bowdoin was an 18th-century American political leader, scholar, and governor of Massachusetts who played a key role in the intellectual and civic life of the early United States.
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D.
James Russell Lowell
James Russell Lowell was a 19th-century American poet, critic, editor, and diplomat associated with the Fireside Poets and influential in shaping U.S. literary culture.
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Increase Mather
Increase Mather was a prominent 17th-century New England Puritan minister and political leader who played a major role in colonial religious life and governance, including efforts to curb the excesses of the Salem witch trials.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
diplomat
ⓘ
human ⓘ lawyer ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1772-09-15 ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Quincy, Massachusetts ⓘ |
| child |
Abigail Adams
ⓘ
surface form:
Abigail Louisa Smith Adams
Elizabeth Coombs Adams ⓘ Frances Foster Adams ⓘ Isaac Hull Adams ⓘ John Quincy Adams II (not the later politician) ⓘ Thomas Boylston Adams self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Thomas Boylston Adams Jr.
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| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1832-03-12 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Harvard University
ⓘ
surface form:
Harvard College
|
| employer |
Port Folio (Philadelphia periodical)
ⓘ
United States government ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | English American ⓘ |
| familyName | Adams ⓘ |
| father | John Adams ⓘ |
| givenName | Thomas ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty |
Federalists
ⓘ
surface form:
Federalist Party
|
| mother | Abigail Adams ⓘ |
| notableEvent | served as secretary to John Quincy Adams in Europe ⓘ |
| notableRelative |
John Quincy Adams
ⓘ
Samuel Adams ⓘ |
| notableWork | editorial contributions to the Port Folio ⓘ |
| occupation |
diplomat
ⓘ
judge ⓘ lawyer ⓘ newspaper editor ⓘ |
| participatedIn | early diplomatic service of the United States ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Braintree, Massachusetts ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Quincy, Massachusetts ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
chief justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Southern Circuit of Massachusetts
ⓘ
clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts ⓘ member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives ⓘ secretary to the U.S. legation in Prussia ⓘ secretary to the U.S. minister to the Netherlands ⓘ |
| residence |
Philadelphia
ⓘ
surface form:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Quincy, Massachusetts ⓘ |
| sibling |
Abigail Adams
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surface form:
Abigail Amelia Adams Smith
Charles Adams ⓘ John Quincy Adams ⓘ |
| spouse | Ann Harrod ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Subject: Thomas Boylston Adams Description of subject: Thomas Boylston Adams was an American lawyer, diplomat, and the youngest son of U.S. President John Adams who served in various public roles in the early United States.
Referenced by (12)
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