Thomas Berry
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Thomas Berry was a cultural historian and Catholic priest best known for his influential work in eco-theology and for advocating a new, spiritually grounded relationship between humans and the Earth.
All labels observed (1)
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| Thomas Berry canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1222080 — 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: Thomas Berry Context triple: [Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, influenced, Thomas Berry]
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Frank White
Frank White is an alias of The Notorious B.I.G., the influential Brooklyn-born rapper widely regarded as one of the greatest figures in hip-hop history.
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B.
Frank White
Frank White is a former Major League Baseball second baseman renowned for his defensive excellence and multiple Gold Glove Awards with the Kansas City Royals.
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C.
Thomas E. Lovejoy
Thomas E. Lovejoy was an influential American ecologist and conservation biologist known for pioneering work on biodiversity, tropical forest conservation, and the concept of "debt of extinction."
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D.
Stephen R. Carpenter
Stephen R. Carpenter is an American ecologist renowned for his pioneering research on freshwater ecosystems, lake eutrophication, and resilience in social-ecological systems.
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E.
Gretchen C. Daily
Gretchen C. Daily is an American ecologist and conservation biologist renowned for pioneering the concept of ecosystem services and integrating biodiversity conservation with economic and policy decision-making.
- 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: Thomas Berry Target entity description: Thomas Berry was a cultural historian and Catholic priest best known for his influential work in eco-theology and for advocating a new, spiritually grounded relationship between humans and the Earth.
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A.
Frank White
Frank White is an alias of The Notorious B.I.G., the influential Brooklyn-born rapper widely regarded as one of the greatest figures in hip-hop history.
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B.
Frank White
Frank White is a former Major League Baseball second baseman renowned for his defensive excellence and multiple Gold Glove Awards with the Kansas City Royals.
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C.
Thomas E. Lovejoy
Thomas E. Lovejoy was an influential American ecologist and conservation biologist known for pioneering work on biodiversity, tropical forest conservation, and the concept of "debt of extinction."
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D.
Stephen R. Carpenter
Stephen R. Carpenter is an American ecologist renowned for his pioneering research on freshwater ecosystems, lake eutrophication, and resilience in social-ecological systems.
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E.
Gretchen C. Daily
Gretchen C. Daily is an American ecologist and conservation biologist renowned for pioneering the concept of ecosystem services and integrating biodiversity conservation with economic and policy decision-making.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Catholic priest
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cultural historian ⓘ eco-theologian ⓘ human ⓘ |
| advocated |
ecological responsibility as a moral and spiritual imperative
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integrating scientific cosmology with spirituality ⓘ |
| birthName | William Nathan Berry ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1914-11-09 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2009-06-01 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
The Catholic University of America
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surface form:
Catholic University of America
Fordham University ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
cosmology
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cultural history ⓘ eco-theology ⓘ environmental ethics ⓘ religious studies ⓘ |
| influenced |
Brian Swimme
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John Grim ⓘ Mary Evelyn Tucker ⓘ eco-theology movement ⓘ environmental humanities ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Asian religious traditions
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Pierre Teilhard de Chardin ⓘ St. Thomas Aquinas ⓘ
surface form:
Thomas Aquinas
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| knownFor |
The New Story
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advocacy of a new relationship between humans and the Earth ⓘ concept of the universe as a communion of subjects ⓘ influential work in eco-theology ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOfReligiousOrder | Passionist order ⓘ |
| name | Thomas Berry self-link ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Evening Thoughts: Reflecting on Earth as Sacred Community
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The Dream of the Earth ⓘ The Great Work: Our Way into the Future ⓘ The Universe Story ⓘ |
| occupation |
environmentalist
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lecturer ⓘ priest ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Greensboro, North Carolina
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surface form:
Greensboro, North Carolina, United States
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| placeOfDeath |
Greensboro, North Carolina
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surface form:
Greensboro, North Carolina, United States
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| positionHeld |
director of the Riverdale Center of Religious Research
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president of the American Teilhard Association ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| theologicalView |
Earth as a sacred community
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universe as a communion of subjects, not a collection of objects ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Thomas Berry Description of subject: Thomas Berry was a cultural historian and Catholic priest best known for his influential work in eco-theology and for advocating a new, spiritually grounded relationship between humans and the Earth.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.