Magdalene College Pepys Library
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Magdalene College Pepys Library is a historic library at Magdalene College, Cambridge, best known for housing the remarkable collection of diaries and manuscripts of the 17th-century naval administrator and diarist Samuel Pepys.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Magdalene College Pepys Library canonical | 1 |
| Pepys Library, Magdalene College, Cambridge | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13462309 — 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: Magdalene College Pepys Library Context triple: [University of Cambridge college libraries, hasPart, Magdalene College Pepys Library]
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A.
Pembroke College Library
Pembroke College Library is the main academic library of Pembroke College, University of Cambridge, providing study spaces and collections to support the college’s students and scholars.
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B.
Christ's College Library
Christ's College Library is the academic library of Christ's College, Cambridge, providing study spaces and collections to support the college's students and scholars.
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C.
Gonville and Caius College Library
Gonville and Caius College Library is the main academic library of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, supporting its students and scholars with extensive study spaces and collections.
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D.
St Catherine’s College Library
St Catherine’s College Library is the main academic library and study space for students of St Catherine’s College at the University of Oxford.
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E.
St John’s College Library
St John’s College Library is the main academic library of St John’s College, Oxford, housing its collections of books, manuscripts, and study spaces for students and researchers.
- 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: Magdalene College Pepys Library Target entity description: Magdalene College Pepys Library is a historic library at Magdalene College, Cambridge, best known for housing the remarkable collection of diaries and manuscripts of the 17th-century naval administrator and diarist Samuel Pepys.
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A.
Pembroke College Library
Pembroke College Library is the main academic library of Pembroke College, University of Cambridge, providing study spaces and collections to support the college’s students and scholars.
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B.
Christ's College Library
Christ's College Library is the academic library of Christ's College, Cambridge, providing study spaces and collections to support the college's students and scholars.
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C.
Gonville and Caius College Library
Gonville and Caius College Library is the main academic library of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, supporting its students and scholars with extensive study spaces and collections.
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D.
St Catherine’s College Library
St Catherine’s College Library is the main academic library and study space for students of St Catherine’s College at the University of Oxford.
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E.
St John’s College Library
St John’s College Library is the main academic library of St John’s College, Oxford, housing its collections of books, manuscripts, and study spaces for students and researchers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic library
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historic library ⓘ special collections library ⓘ |
| accessPolicy | by appointment ⓘ |
| affiliatedWith |
Magdalene College, Cambridge
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cambridge University ⓘ
surface form:
University of Cambridge
|
| architecturalStyle | historic ⓘ |
| associatedField |
book history
ⓘ
literary studies ⓘ naval administration ⓘ |
| associatedPeriod | Restoration England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Samuel Pepys NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| buildingUse | library ⓘ |
| collectionDonor | Samuel Pepys NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collectionEra | 17th century ⓘ |
| collectionStatus | closed stacks ⓘ |
| collectionType |
books
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diaries ⓘ manuscripts ⓘ personal papers ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Samuel Pepys NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governedBy | Magdalene College, Cambridge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCollection |
Pepys’s correspondence
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Pepys’s naval papers ⓘ Samuel Pepys’s personal library ⓘ early printed books ⓘ original Pepys diaries ⓘ |
| heritageSignificance |
important resource for the study of 17th-century England
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primary source for the life and work of Samuel Pepys ⓘ |
| holdsCollectionOf | Samuel Pepys NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
housing the diaries of Samuel Pepys
ⓘ
housing the manuscripts of Samuel Pepys ⓘ |
| languageOfCollection | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Cambridge, England
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surface form:
Cambridge
Cambridgeshire, England ⓘ
surface form:
Cambridgeshire
England ⓘ Magdalene College, Cambridge NERFINISHED ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ |
| mediaType |
archives
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manuscripts ⓘ printed books ⓘ |
| name | Pepys Library NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| preservationRole | conservation of early modern manuscripts ⓘ |
| subjectFocus |
English history
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Restoration period ⓘ diarists ⓘ naval history ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: Magdalene College Pepys Library Description of subject: Magdalene College Pepys Library is a historic library at Magdalene College, Cambridge, best known for housing the remarkable collection of diaries and manuscripts of the 17th-century naval administrator and diarist Samuel Pepys.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Pepys Library, Magdalene College, Cambridge