Oldfield Thomas
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Oldfield Thomas was a prominent British zoologist and taxonomist known for his extensive work in describing and classifying mammals, particularly marsupials and rodents.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Oldfield Thomas canonical | 20 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1297384 — 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: Oldfield Thomas Context triple: [Diprotodontia, describedBy, Oldfield Thomas]
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A.
Cecil Hart
Cecil Hart was a prominent early 20th-century Canadian ice hockey coach and manager, best known for his successful tenure with the Montreal Canadiens in the NHL.
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B.
Edward Thomas Wailes
Edward Thomas Wailes was an American diplomat and Foreign Service officer who served in several key ambassadorial posts during the mid-20th century.
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C.
Thomas Neale
Thomas Neale was a 17th-century English politician, entrepreneur, and public official known for his involvement in financial schemes, colonial projects, and various royal appointments.
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D.
Alfred Brumwell Thomas
Alfred Brumwell Thomas was a British architect of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, noted for his grand civic buildings in the Edwardian Baroque style.
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E.
Robert Hodgen
Robert Hodgen was an early settler and landowner in central Kentucky whose name was given to the town of Hodgenville.
- 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: Oldfield Thomas Target entity description: Oldfield Thomas was a prominent British zoologist and taxonomist known for his extensive work in describing and classifying mammals, particularly marsupials and rodents.
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A.
Cecil Hart
Cecil Hart was a prominent early 20th-century Canadian ice hockey coach and manager, best known for his successful tenure with the Montreal Canadiens in the NHL.
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B.
Edward Thomas Wailes
Edward Thomas Wailes was an American diplomat and Foreign Service officer who served in several key ambassadorial posts during the mid-20th century.
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C.
Thomas Neale
Thomas Neale was a 17th-century English politician, entrepreneur, and public official known for his involvement in financial schemes, colonial projects, and various royal appointments.
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D.
Alfred Brumwell Thomas
Alfred Brumwell Thomas was a British architect of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, noted for his grand civic buildings in the Edwardian Baroque style.
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E.
Robert Hodgen
Robert Hodgen was an early settler and landowner in central Kentucky whose name was given to the town of Hodgenville.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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mammalogist ⓘ taxonomist ⓘ zoologist ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | suicide ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United Kingdom
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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1858-02-21 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1929-06-16 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Haileybury College
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surface form:
Haileybury and Imperial Service College
|
| employer | Natural History Museum, London ⓘ |
| era |
19th century
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early 20th century ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | British ⓘ |
| familyName | Thomas ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
mammalogy
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taxonomy ⓘ zoology ⓘ |
| givenName | Michael ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced |
later mammalogists
ⓘ
later taxonomists ⓘ |
| hasResearchSubject |
Mammalia
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Marsupialia ⓘ Rodentia ⓘ |
| hasWrittenWork |
descriptions of new mammal species
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scientific papers on mammal taxonomy ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Zoological Society of London ⓘ |
| name | Oldfield Thomas self-link ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
described hundreds of new mammal species
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major contributor to the mammal collections of the Natural History Museum, London ⓘ |
| notableFor |
describing many new species of mammals
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work on marsupials ⓘ work on rodents ⓘ |
| notableWork |
classification of marsupials
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classification of rodents ⓘ taxonomic descriptions of mammal species ⓘ |
| occupation |
mammalogist
ⓘ
taxonomist ⓘ zoologist ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
London, England
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surface form:
London
|
| placeOfDeath |
London, England
ⓘ
surface form:
London
|
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workLocation |
London, England
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surface form:
London
Natural History Museum, London ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: Oldfield Thomas Description of subject: Oldfield Thomas was a prominent British zoologist and taxonomist known for his extensive work in describing and classifying mammals, particularly marsupials and rodents.
Referenced by (20)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Microbiotheria