Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton
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Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton was an 18th-century French naturalist and collaborator of Buffon, renowned for his foundational work in comparative anatomy and natural history.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Louis Jean-Marie Daubenton | 1 |
| Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13151383 — 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: Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton Context triple: [Crax daubentoni, eponym, Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton]
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A.
Pierre Joseph Bonnaterre
Pierre Joseph Bonnaterre was an 18th-century French naturalist and zoologist known for his contributions to early taxonomic works, including sections of the Encyclopédie Méthodique.
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B.
André Marie Constant Duméril
André Marie Constant Duméril was a 19th-century French zoologist and herpetologist known for his extensive work in classifying reptiles and amphibians.
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C.
Gaston de Lacaze-Duthiers
Gaston de Lacaze-Duthiers was a 19th-century French zoologist and anatomist renowned for his pioneering research in marine invertebrates and for founding important marine biology laboratories.
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D.
Guy Geoffroy
Guy Geoffroy is a French politician best known for serving as the long-time mayor of Combs-la-Ville and as a member of the National Assembly.
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E.
Pierre André Latreille
Pierre André Latreille was a prominent French entomologist of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, renowned for his foundational work in insect classification and taxonomy.
- 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: Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton Target entity description: Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton was an 18th-century French naturalist and collaborator of Buffon, renowned for his foundational work in comparative anatomy and natural history.
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A.
Pierre Joseph Bonnaterre
Pierre Joseph Bonnaterre was an 18th-century French naturalist and zoologist known for his contributions to early taxonomic works, including sections of the Encyclopédie Méthodique.
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B.
André Marie Constant Duméril
André Marie Constant Duméril was a 19th-century French zoologist and herpetologist known for his extensive work in classifying reptiles and amphibians.
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C.
Gaston de Lacaze-Duthiers
Gaston de Lacaze-Duthiers was a 19th-century French zoologist and anatomist renowned for his pioneering research in marine invertebrates and for founding important marine biology laboratories.
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D.
Guy Geoffroy
Guy Geoffroy is a French politician best known for serving as the long-time mayor of Combs-la-Ville and as a member of the National Assembly.
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E.
Pierre André Latreille
Pierre André Latreille was a prominent French entomologist of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, renowned for his foundational work in insect classification and taxonomy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French person
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comparative anatomist ⓘ human ⓘ naturalist ⓘ zoologist ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith | Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1716-05-29 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1799-01-01 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Collège d’Harcourt
NERFINISHED
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University of Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Reims NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Daubenton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
comparative anatomy
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mineralogy ⓘ natural history ⓘ zoology ⓘ |
| givenName | Louis-Jean-Marie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPartInName |
Daubenton’s bat
NERFINISHED
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Daubenton’s free-tailed bat NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| honouredInTaxon |
Mops daubentonii
NERFINISHED
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Myotis daubentonii NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
18th-century zoology
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development of comparative anatomy ⓘ |
| knownFor |
descriptions of quadrupeds in Buffon’s Histoire naturelle
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foundational work in comparative anatomy ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Académie des sciences
NERFINISHED
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Académie des sciences, belles-lettres et arts de Lyon NERFINISHED ⓘ Académie royale des sciences NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | French ⓘ |
| notableWork | Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
comparative anatomist
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museum director ⓘ naturalist ⓘ professor ⓘ zoologist ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Montbard, Burgundy, France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Paris
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surface form:
Paris, France
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| positionHeld |
director of the Cabinet du Roi (royal natural history collection)
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professor at the Collège de France ⓘ professor of natural history at the Jardin du Roi ⓘ professor of rural economy at the Collège de France ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| studied |
medicine
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theology ⓘ |
| taughtAt |
Collège de France
NERFINISHED
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Jardin du Roi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workLocation | Paris, France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Subject: Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton Description of subject: Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton was an 18th-century French naturalist and collaborator of Buffon, renowned for his foundational work in comparative anatomy and natural history.
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this entity surface form:
Louis Jean-Marie Daubenton