Robert F. Goheen
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Robert F. Goheen was an American classicist and academic leader best known for serving as the transformative 16th president of Princeton University from 1957 to 1972.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Robert F. Goheen canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T835042 — 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: Robert F. Goheen Context triple: [Robert F. Goheen Professor in the Humanities at Princeton University, namedAfter, Robert F. Goheen]
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Robert K. Brigham
Robert K. Brigham is an American historian and scholar of the Vietnam War, known for his extensive research and writings on U.S. foreign policy and the Vietnam conflict.
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George Reynolds
George Reynolds was the 19th-century Mormon defendant whose challenge to federal anti-polygamy laws led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Reynolds v. United States, which helped define the limits of religious freedom under the First Amendment.
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C.
Matthew Fuller
Matthew Fuller is a descendant of filmmaker Samuel Fuller, known primarily in relation to his famous relative.
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Carl F. H. Henry
Carl F. H. Henry was a prominent 20th-century American evangelical theologian and author who helped shape modern evangelical thought and was a founding figure of Christianity Today magazine.
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Robert Gordon Sproul
Robert Gordon Sproul was a prominent American educator who served as the long-time president of the University of California system in the mid-20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Robert F. Goheen Target entity description: Robert F. Goheen was an American classicist and academic leader best known for serving as the transformative 16th president of Princeton University from 1957 to 1972.
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A.
Robert K. Brigham
Robert K. Brigham is an American historian and scholar of the Vietnam War, known for his extensive research and writings on U.S. foreign policy and the Vietnam conflict.
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B.
George Reynolds
George Reynolds was the 19th-century Mormon defendant whose challenge to federal anti-polygamy laws led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Reynolds v. United States, which helped define the limits of religious freedom under the First Amendment.
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C.
Matthew Fuller
Matthew Fuller is a descendant of filmmaker Samuel Fuller, known primarily in relation to his famous relative.
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D.
Carl F. H. Henry
Carl F. H. Henry was a prominent 20th-century American evangelical theologian and author who helped shape modern evangelical thought and was a founding figure of Christianity Today magazine.
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E.
Robert Gordon Sproul
Robert Gordon Sproul was a prominent American educator who served as the long-time president of the University of California system in the mid-20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic administrator
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classicist ⓘ human ⓘ university president ⓘ |
| academicDegree | PhD in classics ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline | classics ⓘ |
| appointedBy |
Jimmy Carter (associated via Carter Center)
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surface form:
Jimmy Carter (as U.S. Ambassador to India)
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| conflictParticipatedIn | World War II ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Princeton University
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Lawrenceville School ⓘ
surface form:
The Lawrenceville School
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| employer | Princeton University ⓘ |
| endTime | 1972 (as president of Princeton University) ⓘ |
| familyName | Goheen ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
classics
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higher education administration ⓘ |
| givenName | Robert ⓘ |
| knownFor |
modernizing Princeton’s governance and curriculum
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support for coeducation and inclusion in higher education ⓘ transformative presidency of Princeton University ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Princeton University faculty ⓘ |
| militaryService | United States Army ⓘ |
| name | Robert F. Goheen self-link ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
advanced racial and ethnic diversity at Princeton
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oversaw major expansion of Princeton’s campus ⓘ promoted coeducation at Princeton University ⓘ strengthened Princeton’s research profile ⓘ |
| notableWork | leadership in expanding Princeton University ⓘ |
| occupation |
classicist
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diplomat ⓘ university president ⓘ |
| officeHeld |
United States Ambassador
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surface form:
United States Ambassador to India
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| placeOfActivity |
India
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United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| positionHeld | 16th president of Princeton University ⓘ |
| startTime | 1957 (as president of Princeton University) ⓘ |
| workLocation |
New Delhi, India
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Princeton, New Jersey, United States ⓘ
surface form:
Princeton, New Jersey
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