scientific patron
C493
concept
A scientific patron is an individual or organization that provides financial, institutional, or social support to scientific research and researchers, often shaping the direction and priorities of scientific inquiry.
All labels observed (13)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| American scientist | 185 |
| patron of science | 15 |
| scientific patron canonical | 4 |
| patron of astronomy | 2 |
| patron of botany | 2 |
| patron of exploration | 2 |
| archaeology patron | 1 |
| astronomy patron | 1 |
| exploration patron | 1 |
| patron of natural history | 1 |
| patron of sciences | 1 |
| patron of the sciences | 1 |
| scientific promoter | 1 |
Description generation (CDg)
The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.
Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: scientific patron
Generated description
A scientific patron is an individual or organization that provides financial, institutional, or social support to scientific research and researchers, often shaping the direction and priorities of scientific inquiry.
Instances (216)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| Philip Bard | American scientist |
| Andrew A. Benson | American scientist |
| Karl G. Henize | American scientist |
| Roger Falcone | American scientist |
| Laura H. Greene | American scientist |
| Robert L. Byer | American scientist |
| Samuel Aronson | American scientist |
| Jacques Gauthier | American scientist |
| Robert Rosner | American scientist |
| John Treadwell Nichols | American scientist |
| Leopoldo de' Medici | patron of science |
| Rudolph Pariser | American scientist |
| Martin Cline | American scientist |
| Donald E. Brownlee | American scientist |
| Marvin L. Cohen | American scientist |
| Arthur Bienenstock | American scientist |
| Storrs L. Olson | American scientist |
| Graham C. Walker | American scientist |
| Isabella Karle | American scientist |
| John Cassin | American scientist |
| Robert Woodrow Wilson | American scientist |
| Charles Joseph Chamberlain | American scientist |
| Anna L. Fisher | American scientist |
| Robert Harding Whittaker | American scientist |
| Alvin M. Weinberg | American scientist |
| Phil Baran | American scientist |
| Jonathan I. Coddington | American scientist |
| Warren S. McCulloch | American scientist |
| Daniel P. Schrag | American scientist |
| Charles Schuchert | American scientist |
| Robert R. Shrock | American scientist |
| Joseph J. Katz | American scientist |
| Marcus G. Langseth | American scientist |
| Nathan Sugarman | American scientist |
| Mark S. Springer | American scientist |
| Mary Lee Ware | patron of science |
| Julianne Dalcanton | American scientist |
| F. B. Meek | American scientist |
| Louis J. Battan | American scientist |
| Sir Godfrey Copley | patron of science |
| Edward Kolb | American scientist |
| Martha Cowles Chase | American scientist |
| Richard Pyle | American scientist |
| Phil S. Baran | American scientist |
| Paul Steinhardt | American scientist |
| Neal Lane | American scientist |
| Frederick Dryer | American scientist |
| Linus Pauling | American scientist |
| Christina of Sweden | patron of science |
| Michael F. Skrutskie | American scientist |