Robert Robinson
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Robert Robinson was a prominent British organic chemist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work on the structure and synthesis of natural products such as alkaloids and dyes.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Robert Robinson canonical | 3 |
| Sir Robert Robinson (chemist) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1128398 — 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: Robert Robinson Context triple: [Davy Medal, notableRecipient, Robert Robinson]
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A.
Christopher Longuet-Higgins
Christopher Longuet-Higgins was a British theoretical chemist and cognitive scientist known for his influential work in artificial intelligence and the study of human perception and cognition.
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B.
Robert Burns Woodward
Robert Burns Woodward was a pioneering American organic chemist renowned for his masterful syntheses of complex natural products and for receiving the 1965 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
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C.
Robert Upshur Woodward
Robert Upshur Woodward is an American investigative journalist and author best known for his reporting on the Watergate scandal for The Washington Post.
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D.
Arthur Geoffrey Walker
Arthur Geoffrey Walker was a British mathematician and physicist best known for his foundational contributions to relativistic cosmology, particularly the development of the Friedmann–Lemaître–Robertson–Walker (FLRW) metric.
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E.
David W. C. MacMillan
David W. C. MacMillan is a Scottish-born chemist renowned for pioneering organocatalysis, work that earned him the 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
- 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: Robert Robinson Target entity description: Robert Robinson was a prominent British organic chemist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work on the structure and synthesis of natural products such as alkaloids and dyes.
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A.
Christopher Longuet-Higgins
Christopher Longuet-Higgins was a British theoretical chemist and cognitive scientist known for his influential work in artificial intelligence and the study of human perception and cognition.
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B.
Robert Burns Woodward
Robert Burns Woodward was a pioneering American organic chemist renowned for his masterful syntheses of complex natural products and for receiving the 1965 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
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C.
Robert Upshur Woodward
Robert Upshur Woodward is an American investigative journalist and author best known for his reporting on the Watergate scandal for The Washington Post.
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D.
Arthur Geoffrey Walker
Arthur Geoffrey Walker was a British mathematician and physicist best known for his foundational contributions to relativistic cosmology, particularly the development of the Friedmann–Lemaître–Robertson–Walker (FLRW) metric.
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E.
David W. C. MacMillan
David W. C. MacMillan is a Scottish-born chemist renowned for pioneering organocatalysis, work that earned him the 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British scientist
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Nobel laureate in Chemistry ⓘ human ⓘ organic chemist ⓘ |
| academicDegree | Doctor of Science ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Copley Medal
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Davy Medal ⓘ Longstaff Medal ⓘ Nobel Prize in Chemistry (through its scientists) ⓘ
surface form:
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Order of Merit ⓘ Royal Medal ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1886-09-13 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Derbyshire
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surface form:
Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom
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| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1975-02-08 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of Manchester
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University of Sydney ⓘ |
| employer |
University of London
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University of Manchester ⓘ University of Oxford ⓘ University of Sydney ⓘ |
| familyName | Robinson ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
alkaloid chemistry
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dye chemistry ⓘ natural products chemistry ⓘ organic chemistry ⓘ |
| givenName | Robert ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Robinson annulation reaction
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Robinson annulation reaction ⓘ
surface form:
Robinson–Schöpf reaction
contributions to the theory of organic reactions ⓘ research on natural dyes ⓘ research on the structure of alkaloids ⓘ research on the synthesis of alkaloids ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Royal Society of Chemistry
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surface form:
Chemical Society (UK)
Royal Society ⓘ |
| name | Robert Robinson self-link ⓘ |
| nobelPrizeCategory | Chemistry ⓘ |
| nobelPrizeMotivation | for his investigations on plant products of biological importance, especially the alkaloids ⓘ |
| nobelPrizeYear | 1947 ⓘ |
| notableStudent | Alexander R. Todd ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
President of the Chemical Society (UK)
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President of the Royal Society ⓘ Professor of Organic Chemistry at the University of London ⓘ Professor of Organic Chemistry at the University of Manchester ⓘ Waynflete Professor of Chemistry at the University of Oxford ⓘ |
| workLocation |
London, England
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surface form:
London, England, United Kingdom
Manchester, United Kingdom ⓘ
surface form:
Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Oxford ⓘ
surface form:
Oxford, England, United Kingdom
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Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Sir Robert Robinson (chemist)