Thomas Bodley
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Thomas Bodley was an English diplomat and scholar best known for refounding and endowing the Bodleian Library at the University of Oxford in the early 17th century.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Thomas Bodley canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2017315 — 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 Bodley Context triple: [Bodleian Library, namedAfter, Thomas Bodley]
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A.
Nicholas Bacon
Nicholas Bacon was a prominent 16th-century English lawyer and statesman who served as Lord Keeper of the Great Seal under Queen Elizabeth I.
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B.
John Fisher
John Fisher was an English Catholic bishop and cardinal renowned for his staunch opposition to Henry VIII’s break with Rome, for which he was executed and later canonized as a martyr.
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C.
John Colet
John Colet was an English Renaissance churchman, humanist scholar, and educational reformer best known as the founder of St Paul's School in London and a key figure in early English humanism.
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D.
Paul Dudley
Paul Dudley was a prominent early 18th-century Massachusetts jurist and attorney general known for his influential role in the legal and political life of colonial New England.
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E.
Henry Clemm
Henry Clemm was a 19th-century American man known primarily as a member of the extended Clemm-Poe family connected to writer Edgar Allan Poe.
- 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 Bodley Target entity description: Thomas Bodley was an English diplomat and scholar best known for refounding and endowing the Bodleian Library at the University of Oxford in the early 17th century.
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A.
Nicholas Bacon
Nicholas Bacon was a prominent 16th-century English lawyer and statesman who served as Lord Keeper of the Great Seal under Queen Elizabeth I.
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B.
John Fisher
John Fisher was an English Catholic bishop and cardinal renowned for his staunch opposition to Henry VIII’s break with Rome, for which he was executed and later canonized as a martyr.
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C.
John Colet
John Colet was an English Renaissance churchman, humanist scholar, and educational reformer best known as the founder of St Paul's School in London and a key figure in early English humanism.
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D.
Paul Dudley
Paul Dudley was a prominent early 18th-century Massachusetts jurist and attorney general known for his influential role in the legal and political life of colonial New England.
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E.
Henry Clemm
Henry Clemm was a 19th-century American man known primarily as a member of the extended Clemm-Poe family connected to writer Edgar Allan Poe.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
diplomat
ⓘ
human ⓘ philanthropist ⓘ scholar ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Bodleian Library
ⓘ
Merton College, Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Oxford ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1545-03-02 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Devon
ⓘ
England ⓘ Exeter ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
Merton College Chapel
ⓘ
surface form:
Merton College Chapel, Oxford
|
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1613-01-29 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Basel-Stadt
ⓘ
surface form:
Basel
Geneva ⓘ Heidelberg ⓘ Leipzig ⓘ Magdalen College, Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | Elizabeth I of England ⓘ |
| era |
English Renaissance
ⓘ
surface form:
Elizabethan era
early Stuart period ⓘ |
| familyName | Bodley ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
classical scholarship
ⓘ
diplomacy ⓘ library science ⓘ |
| founded | Bodleian Library ⓘ |
| givenName | Thomas ⓘ |
| knownFor |
endowing the Bodleian Library
ⓘ
refounding the Bodleian Library ⓘ service as an English diplomat ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
ⓘ
Greek ⓘ Latin ⓘ |
| name | Thomas Bodley self-link ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Bodley’s Statutes for the Bodleian Library
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refounding of the University of Oxford library ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Member of Parliament for Bodmin
ⓘ
Member of Parliament for Oxford University ⓘ Member of Parliament for Portsmouth ⓘ Member of Parliament for St Germans ⓘ |
| religion |
Protestant Christianity
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surface form:
Protestantism
|
| residence |
London, England
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surface form:
London
Oxford ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
library reopened as the Bodleian Library in 1602
ⓘ
refounded the Oxford University library in 1598 ⓘ |
| spouse |
Ann Ball
ⓘ
Ann Ball ⓘ
surface form:
Anne Ball
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Thomas Bodley Description of subject: Thomas Bodley was an English diplomat and scholar best known for refounding and endowing the Bodleian Library at the University of Oxford in the early 17th century.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.