Michel Adanson
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Michel Adanson was an 18th-century French naturalist and taxonomist known for his influential work on plant classification and his extensive botanical explorations in Senegal.
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| Michel Adanson canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13467361 — 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: Michel Adanson Context triple: [Jardin du Roi, notableEmployee, Michel Adanson]
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A.
Jacques Labillardière
Jacques Labillardière was an 18th-century French botanist and explorer known for his pioneering plant collections and descriptions from Australia and the Pacific regions.
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B.
Daniel Solander
Daniel Solander was an 18th-century Swedish naturalist and botanist who accompanied James Cook and Joseph Banks on pioneering scientific explorations in the Pacific.
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C.
Jean-Baptiste-Louis Le Prévost de La Croix, Duc d'Anville
Jean-Baptiste-Louis Le Prévost de La Croix, Duc d'Anville, was an 18th-century French naval officer and aristocrat best known for leading a major French expedition to retake Louisbourg and Acadia during the War of the Austrian Succession.
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D.
Pierre Sonnerat
Pierre Sonnerat was an 18th-century French naturalist and explorer known for his extensive travels in Asia and the Indian Ocean, during which he documented numerous plant and animal species.
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E.
Louis-Hector de Callière
Louis-Hector de Callière was a late 17th- and early 18th-century French colonial administrator and military officer who played a key role in consolidating French power and negotiating peace with Indigenous nations in New France.
- 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: Michel Adanson Target entity description: Michel Adanson was an 18th-century French naturalist and taxonomist known for his influential work on plant classification and his extensive botanical explorations in Senegal.
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A.
Jacques Labillardière
Jacques Labillardière was an 18th-century French botanist and explorer known for his pioneering plant collections and descriptions from Australia and the Pacific regions.
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B.
Daniel Solander
Daniel Solander was an 18th-century Swedish naturalist and botanist who accompanied James Cook and Joseph Banks on pioneering scientific explorations in the Pacific.
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C.
Jean-Baptiste-Louis Le Prévost de La Croix, Duc d'Anville
Jean-Baptiste-Louis Le Prévost de La Croix, Duc d'Anville, was an 18th-century French naval officer and aristocrat best known for leading a major French expedition to retake Louisbourg and Acadia during the War of the Austrian Succession.
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D.
Pierre Sonnerat
Pierre Sonnerat was an 18th-century French naturalist and explorer known for his extensive travels in Asia and the Indian Ocean, during which he documented numerous plant and animal species.
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E.
Louis-Hector de Callière
Louis-Hector de Callière was a late 17th- and early 18th-century French colonial administrator and military officer who played a key role in consolidating French power and negotiating peace with Indigenous nations in New France.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French person
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botanist ⓘ human ⓘ naturalist ⓘ taxonomist ⓘ |
| approach | use of multiple characters in classification ⓘ |
| authorOf | Familles des plantes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| citizenship | France ⓘ |
| collectedSpecimensIn |
Senegal
NERFINISHED
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West Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | France ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | France ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1727-04-07 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1806-08-03 ⓘ |
| employer | French East India Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | 18th century ⓘ |
| familyName | Adanson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
botany
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natural history ⓘ taxonomy ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Michel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced | later systems of plant taxonomy ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Carl Linnaeus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
botanical explorations in Senegal
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development of an empirical classification system ⓘ plant classification ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | French ⓘ |
| lifespan | 1727–1806 ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Académie des Sciences
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surface form:
French Academy of Sciences
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| name | Michel Adanson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | French ⓘ |
| notableWork | Familles des plantes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Aix-en-Provence NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Paris ⓘ |
| proposed | natural classification of plants ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1763 ⓘ |
| residence | Paris ⓘ |
| studied |
mollusks
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plants ⓘ |
| workedIn |
Paris
NERFINISHED
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Senegal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Subject: Michel Adanson Description of subject: Michel Adanson was an 18th-century French naturalist and taxonomist known for his influential work on plant classification and his extensive botanical explorations in Senegal.
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