Stanley Rossiter Benedict
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Stanley Rossiter Benedict was an American chemist best known for developing Benedict's reagent, a solution used to test for the presence of reducing sugars.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Stanley Rossiter Benedict canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Stanley Rossiter Benedict Context triple: [Ruth Benedict, spouse, Stanley Rossiter Benedict]
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Francis Emerson Harding Davies
Francis Emerson Harding Davies was the British businessman who became the third husband of American actress Celeste Holm.
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John Galen Howard
John Galen Howard was an influential American architect best known for shaping the early 20th-century architectural landscape of the University of California, Berkeley campus.
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Sidney Lee
Sidney Lee was a British biographer and literary scholar best known for his extensive work on the Dictionary of National Biography and his influential studies of William Shakespeare.
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Francis Albert Rollo Russell
Francis Albert Rollo Russell was a British meteorologist and scientific writer, known for his work on climate and atmospheric phenomena and as a member of the prominent Russell family.
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E.
G. E. H. Palmer
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- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Stanley Rossiter Benedict Target entity description: Stanley Rossiter Benedict was an American chemist best known for developing Benedict's reagent, a solution used to test for the presence of reducing sugars.
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A.
Francis Emerson Harding Davies
Francis Emerson Harding Davies was the British businessman who became the third husband of American actress Celeste Holm.
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B.
John Galen Howard
John Galen Howard was an influential American architect best known for shaping the early 20th-century architectural landscape of the University of California, Berkeley campus.
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C.
Sidney Lee
Sidney Lee was a British biographer and literary scholar best known for his extensive work on the Dictionary of National Biography and his influential studies of William Shakespeare.
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D.
Francis Albert Rollo Russell
Francis Albert Rollo Russell was a British meteorologist and scientific writer, known for his work on climate and atmospheric phenomena and as a member of the prominent Russell family.
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E.
G. E. H. Palmer
G. E. H. Palmer was a British scholar and translator best known for co-translating the influential Eastern Orthodox spiritual anthology *The Philokalia* into English.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American
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chemist ⓘ person ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1884-03-04 ⓘ |
| citizenship | American ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1936-12-21 ⓘ |
| developed |
Benedict's reagent
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methods for quantitative determination of glucose in urine ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Cornell University ⓘ |
| employer | Cornell University ⓘ |
| familyName | Benedict ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
biochemistry
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chemistry ⓘ |
| fullName | Stanley Rossiter Benedict self-link ⓘ |
| givenName | Stanley ⓘ |
| hasAcademicAdvisor | Lafayette Benedict Mendel ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Benedict's reagent
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test for reducing sugars ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| nationality | United States of America ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Benedict's qualitative reagent for glucose
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Benedict's quantitative reagent for glucose ⓘ |
| occupation | chemist ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Cincinnati, Ohio, United States ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Ithaca, New York, United States ⓘ |
| positionHeld | professor of chemistry at Cornell University ⓘ |
| researchInterest |
carbohydrate metabolism
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clinical chemistry ⓘ |
| spouse | Ruth Benedict ⓘ |
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