Guy Fawkes
E122438
Guy Fawkes was an English Catholic conspirator best known for his role in the failed 1605 Gunpowder Plot to blow up the Houses of Parliament in London.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Guy Fawkes canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1009699 — 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.
Target entity: Guy Fawkes Context triple: [The Hollow Men, containsAllusionTo, Guy Fawkes]
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Sir John Brute
Sir John Brute is a boorish, drunken, and misogynistic husband whose outrageous behavior drives the marital conflict and dark comedy in John Vanbrugh’s Restoration play "The Provoked Wife."
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B.
Thomas Hayter
Thomas Hayter was an 18th-century British naval administrator who served in a senior bureaucratic role overseeing Royal Navy affairs.
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C.
William Good
William Good was a 17th-century Massachusetts farmer best known as the husband of Sarah Good, one of the first women accused and executed during the Salem witch trials.
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D.
John Bellingham
John Bellingham was a British merchant best known for assassinating Prime Minister Spencer Perceval in 1812, the only successful assassination of a British prime minister.
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Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex
Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex, was a prominent English nobleman and Parliamentarian general during the early years of the English Civil War, known for leading forces against King Charles I before resigning his command under the Self-Denying Ordinance.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Guy Fawkes Target entity description: Guy Fawkes was an English Catholic conspirator best known for his role in the failed 1605 Gunpowder Plot to blow up the Houses of Parliament in London.
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A.
Sir John Brute
Sir John Brute is a boorish, drunken, and misogynistic husband whose outrageous behavior drives the marital conflict and dark comedy in John Vanbrugh’s Restoration play "The Provoked Wife."
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B.
Thomas Hayter
Thomas Hayter was an 18th-century British naval administrator who served in a senior bureaucratic role overseeing Royal Navy affairs.
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C.
William Good
William Good was a 17th-century Massachusetts farmer best known as the husband of Sarah Good, one of the first women accused and executed during the Salem witch trials.
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D.
John Bellingham
John Bellingham was a British merchant best known for assassinating Prime Minister Spencer Perceval in 1812, the only successful assassination of a British prime minister.
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E.
Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex
Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex, was a prominent English nobleman and Parliamentarian general during the early years of the English Civil War, known for leading forces against King Charles I before resigning his command under the Self-Denying Ordinance.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
conspirator
ⓘ
historical figure ⓘ human ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Guido Fawkes ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | hanging, drawing and quartering ⓘ |
| commemoratedOn |
Lewes Bonfire Night
ⓘ
surface form:
Bonfire Night
Lewes Bonfire Night ⓘ
surface form:
Guy Fawkes Night
|
| commemorationDate | November 5 ⓘ |
| confessedTo | involvement in the Gunpowder Plot ⓘ |
| conspiredAgainst |
Palace of Westminster
ⓘ
surface form:
Houses of Parliament
James VI and I ⓘ
surface form:
James I of England
|
| convictedOf | high treason ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| culturalLegacy | symbol of rebellion against government ⓘ |
| dateOfArrest | 1605-11-05 ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1570-04-13 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1606-01-31 ⓘ |
| employer | Catholic conspirators in the Gunpowder Plot ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | English ⓘ |
| familyName | Fawkes ⓘ |
| fullName | Guy Fawkes self-link ⓘ |
| givenName | Guy ⓘ |
| goalOfConspiracy |
assassination of King James I
ⓘ
restoration of a Catholic monarch in England ⓘ |
| imprisonedIn | Tower of London ⓘ |
| inspired | use of Guy Fawkes masks as protest symbols ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | execution ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Spanish Army ⓘ |
| notableFor |
The Gunpowder Plot
ⓘ
surface form:
Gunpowder Plot
|
| occupation |
military engineer
ⓘ
soldier ⓘ |
| participantIn |
The Gunpowder Plot
ⓘ
surface form:
Gunpowder Plot
|
| placeOfArrest | cellar beneath the House of Lords ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Kingdom of England
ⓘ
York ⓘ Yorkshire ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Kingdom of England
ⓘ
London, England ⓘ
surface form:
London
City of Westminster ⓘ
surface form:
Westminster
|
| portrayedIn | various films, novels, and plays about the Gunpowder Plot ⓘ |
| religion |
Roman Catholicism
ⓘ
surface form:
Catholicism
|
| religiousConversion | converted to Catholicism ⓘ |
| residence |
Flanders
ⓘ
London, England ⓘ
surface form:
London
|
| roleInGunpowderPlot | responsible for the explosives under the House of Lords ⓘ |
| sentencedTo | hanging, drawing and quartering ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| torturedBy | English authorities ⓘ |
| triedBy | English court for high treason ⓘ |
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Subject: Guy Fawkes Description of subject: Guy Fawkes was an English Catholic conspirator best known for his role in the failed 1605 Gunpowder Plot to blow up the Houses of Parliament in London.
Referenced by (6)
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