Charles Clerke
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Charles Clerke was an 18th-century British Royal Navy officer and explorer best known for serving under James Cook on all three of Cook’s Pacific voyages and ultimately commanding the final expedition after Cook’s death.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Charles Clerke canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1996336 — 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: Charles Clerke Context triple: [Third voyage of James Cook, includedPerson, Charles Clerke]
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William Marsden
William Marsden was a prominent 19th-century British surgeon and medical philanthropist who founded both the Royal Free Hospital and the Royal Marsden Hospital in London.
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Charles Mason
Charles Mason was an 18th-century English astronomer and surveyor best known for co-surveying the Mason–Dixon Line that defined part of the boundary between the American colonies.
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John Roebuck
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William Herschel
William Herschel was an 18th-century British-German astronomer and composer best known for discovering the planet Uranus and pioneering deep-sky surveys of the night sky.
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David Hartley
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- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Charles Clerke Target entity description: Charles Clerke was an 18th-century British Royal Navy officer and explorer best known for serving under James Cook on all three of Cook’s Pacific voyages and ultimately commanding the final expedition after Cook’s death.
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A.
William Marsden
William Marsden was a prominent 19th-century British surgeon and medical philanthropist who founded both the Royal Free Hospital and the Royal Marsden Hospital in London.
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B.
Charles Mason
Charles Mason was an 18th-century English astronomer and surveyor best known for co-surveying the Mason–Dixon Line that defined part of the boundary between the American colonies.
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C.
John Roebuck
John Roebuck was an 18th-century English physician, chemist, and industrialist known for pioneering improvements in the lead-chamber process for producing sulfuric acid and for his early partnership with James Watt.
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William Herschel
William Herschel was an 18th-century British-German astronomer and composer best known for discovering the planet Uranus and pioneering deep-sky surveys of the night sky.
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Johann Reinhold Forster
Johann Reinhold Forster was an 18th-century German naturalist and ethnologist best known for accompanying Captain James Cook on his second Pacific voyage and for his influential contributions to early anthropology and biogeography.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Royal Navy officer
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explorer ⓘ human ⓘ |
| areaOfInfluence | Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
James Cook
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Pacific voyages of exploration ⓘ |
| burialPlace | at sea near Kamchatka ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | tuberculosis ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1741 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1779 ⓘ |
| employer | Royal Navy ⓘ |
| era | 18th century ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | English people ⓘ |
| familyName | Clerke ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Pacific exploration
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naval exploration ⓘ |
| givenName | Charles ⓘ |
| hasActivity | exploration of the Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| knownFor |
commanding James Cook’s final expedition after Cook’s death
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serving under James Cook on all three Pacific voyages ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Royal Navy ⓘ |
| militaryRank | captain ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | English ⓘ |
| notableAchievement | continued the third Pacific voyage after Cook’s death ⓘ |
| notableEvent | assumed command of Cook’s third voyage after James Cook’s death in Hawaii ⓘ |
| notableFor | contributions to mapping and exploration of the North Pacific ⓘ |
| notableVoyage |
HMS Discovery, third voyage of James Cook
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HMS Resolution, third voyage of James Cook ⓘ |
| notableWork |
participation in James Cook’s first Pacific voyage
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participation in James Cook’s second Pacific voyage ⓘ participation in James Cook’s third Pacific voyage ⓘ |
| occupation |
explorer
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naval officer ⓘ |
| participantIn |
First voyage of James Cook
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surface form:
James Cook’s first voyage
Second voyage of James Cook ⓘ
surface form:
James Cook’s second voyage
Third voyage of James Cook ⓘ
surface form:
James Cook’s third voyage
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| placeOfBirth | England ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | at sea ⓘ |
| positionHeld | captain in the Royal Navy ⓘ |
| serviceEnd | 1779 ⓘ |
| serviceStart | mid-18th century ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
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Subject: Charles Clerke Description of subject: Charles Clerke was an 18th-century British Royal Navy officer and explorer best known for serving under James Cook on all three of Cook’s Pacific voyages and ultimately commanding the final expedition after Cook’s death.
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