Walter Hussey
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Walter Hussey was a British Anglican clergyman and noted patron of the arts, renowned for commissioning major works from leading 20th-century composers and artists.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Walter Hussey canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1920188 — 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: Walter Hussey Context triple: [Chichester Psalms, commissionedBy, Walter Hussey]
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A.
Andy Bell
Andy Bell is an English musician and songwriter best known as the bassist for the rock band Oasis and later a member of Beady Eye and Ride.
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B.
Frank Pearl
Frank Pearl was an American businessman and publisher best known as the founder of Perseus Books Group, a major independent publishing company.
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C.
John Merrill
John Merrill is a relatively common personal name that may refer to multiple individuals across different fields, such as politics, sports, or academia.
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D.
John Merrill
John Merrill was an American architect best known as a co-founder of the influential international architecture and engineering firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill.
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E.
Richard Butler
Richard Butler was an American Revolutionary War officer and frontiersman whose military service on the early western frontier led to several U.S. counties being named in his honor.
- 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: Walter Hussey Target entity description: Walter Hussey was a British Anglican clergyman and noted patron of the arts, renowned for commissioning major works from leading 20th-century composers and artists.
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A.
Andy Bell
Andy Bell is an English musician and songwriter best known as the bassist for the rock band Oasis and later a member of Beady Eye and Ride.
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B.
Frank Pearl
Frank Pearl was an American businessman and publisher best known as the founder of Perseus Books Group, a major independent publishing company.
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C.
John Merrill
John Merrill is a relatively common personal name that may refer to multiple individuals across different fields, such as politics, sports, or academia.
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D.
John Merrill
John Merrill was an American architect best known as a co-founder of the influential international architecture and engineering firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill.
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E.
Richard Butler
Richard Butler was an American Revolutionary War officer and frontiersman whose military service on the early western frontier led to several U.S. counties being named in his honor.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Anglican priest
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art patron ⓘ human ⓘ |
| commissionedBy |
Walter Hussey
self-linksurface differs
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Walter Hussey self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| commissionedFrom |
Benjamin Britten
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Leonard Bernstein ⓘ |
| commissionedWork |
Anthem and choral works for St Matthew’s, Northampton
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Chichester Psalms ⓘ Chichester Service (Britten) ⓘ Liturgical works for Chichester Cathedral ⓘ Nunc dimittis in D ⓘ
surface form:
Nunc dimittis (Britten, 1961, Chichester)
Rejoice in the Lamb ⓘ |
| composer |
Benjamin Britten
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Leonard Bernstein ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
England
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United Kingdom ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Anglican liturgy
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religious art ⓘ sacred music ⓘ |
| genreOfCommissionedWorks |
liturgical music
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religious visual art ⓘ sacred choral music ⓘ |
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| hasNotableCharacteristic |
promoter of contemporary sacred music
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supporter of modernism in church art ⓘ |
| knownFor |
encouraging contemporary church music
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encouraging contemporary religious painting and sculpture ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| movement | 20th-century church arts revival ⓘ |
| notableFor |
bringing leading modern artists into church commissions
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commissions of 20th-century religious art ⓘ commissions of 20th-century sacred music ⓘ patronage of the arts ⓘ |
| occupation |
Anglican clergyman
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art patron ⓘ dean ⓘ |
| placeOfWork |
Chichester Cathedral
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St Matthew’s Church, Northampton ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Dean of Chichester ⓘ |
| religion |
Anglicanism (broadly)
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surface form:
Anglicanism
Church of England ⓘ |
| workLocation |
CHICHESTER
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surface form:
Chichester
Northampton ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Walter Hussey Description of subject: Walter Hussey was a British Anglican clergyman and noted patron of the arts, renowned for commissioning major works from leading 20th-century composers and artists.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Rejoice in the Lamb
subject surface form:
Chichester Psalms