R. A. Torrey
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R. A. Torrey was an American evangelist, pastor, educator, and author known for his leadership in the Bible conference movement and his influential writings on Christian doctrine and prayer.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| R. A. Torrey canonical | 2 |
| Reuben Archer Torrey | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T978653 — 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: R. A. Torrey Context triple: [Dwight L. Moody, notableStudent, R. A. Torrey]
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A.
Charles Hodge
Charles Hodge was a prominent 19th-century American Presbyterian theologian and long-time Princeton professor known for his influential Reformed theology and the multi-volume "Systematic Theology."
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B.
B. B. Warfield
B. B. Warfield was an influential American Presbyterian theologian and professor renowned for his rigorous defense of biblical inerrancy and Reformed theology in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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C.
J. Gresham Machen
J. Gresham Machen was an influential early 20th-century American Presbyterian theologian and New Testament scholar, best known for his defense of historic Christian orthodoxy against theological liberalism and for founding Westminster Theological Seminary.
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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.
Dwight L. Moody
Dwight L. Moody was a prominent 19th-century American evangelist and publisher who played a key role in the rise of modern evangelical Christianity and founded institutions such as the Moody Bible Institute.
- 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: R. A. Torrey Target entity description: R. A. Torrey was an American evangelist, pastor, educator, and author known for his leadership in the Bible conference movement and his influential writings on Christian doctrine and prayer.
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A.
Charles Hodge
Charles Hodge was a prominent 19th-century American Presbyterian theologian and long-time Princeton professor known for his influential Reformed theology and the multi-volume "Systematic Theology."
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B.
B. B. Warfield
B. B. Warfield was an influential American Presbyterian theologian and professor renowned for his rigorous defense of biblical inerrancy and Reformed theology in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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C.
J. Gresham Machen
J. Gresham Machen was an influential early 20th-century American Presbyterian theologian and New Testament scholar, best known for his defense of historic Christian orthodoxy against theological liberalism and for founding Westminster Theological Seminary.
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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.
Dwight L. Moody
Dwight L. Moody was a prominent 19th-century American evangelist and publisher who played a key role in the rise of modern evangelical Christianity and founded institutions such as the Moody Bible Institute.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
author
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educator ⓘ evangelist ⓘ human ⓘ pastor ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Evergreen Cemetery, Los Angeles, California, United States ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1856-01-28 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1928-10-26 ⓘ |
| denomination | Evangelical ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Yale Divinity School
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Yale University ⓘ |
| familyName | Torrey ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Christian apologetics
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Christian theology ⓘ practical theology ⓘ |
| fullName |
R. A. Torrey
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Reuben Archer Torrey
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| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName |
Archer
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Reuben ⓘ |
| hasOccupationSpecialization |
Bible teaching
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evangelistic preaching ⓘ |
| influenced | fundamentalist movement in the United States ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Dwight L. Moody ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Bible conference movement leadership
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writings on Christian doctrine ⓘ writings on prayer ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| movement |
Bible conference movement
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Evangelicalism ⓘ |
| notableWork |
How to Bring Men to Christ
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How to Pray ⓘ The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit ⓘ What the Bible Teaches ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
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educator ⓘ evangelist ⓘ pastor ⓘ theologian ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Hoboken
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surface form:
Hoboken, New Jersey, United States
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| placeOfDeath |
Asheville, North Carolina
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surface form:
Asheville, North Carolina, United States
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| positionHeld |
dean of the Bible Institute of Los Angeles
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pastor of Chicago Avenue Church ⓘ superintendent of Moody Bible Institute ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| theologicalTradition | conservative Protestant ⓘ |
| workedAt |
Bible Institute of Los Angeles
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Moody Bible Institute ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: R. A. Torrey Description of subject: R. A. Torrey was an American evangelist, pastor, educator, and author known for his leadership in the Bible conference movement and his influential writings on Christian doctrine and prayer.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Reuben Archer Torrey