Hugh Clifford
E231209
Hugh Clifford was a British colonial administrator and writer who served as governor in several territories of the British Empire in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hugh Clifford canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1971250 — 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: Hugh Clifford Context triple: [Sir Thomas Clifford, father, Hugh Clifford]
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A.
Hugh Wheeler
Hugh Wheeler was a British Army officer best known for his controversial leadership and death during the 1857 Indian Rebellion at Cawnpore.
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B.
Thomas W. Knox
Thomas W. Knox was a 19th-century American journalist and author known for his Civil War reporting and popular travel and adventure books.
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C.
Holland M. Smith
Holland M. Smith was a prominent U.S. Marine Corps general in World War II, renowned for his leadership of amphibious assaults in the Pacific Theater.
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D.
George F. Meacham
George F. Meacham was a 19th-century American landscape architect best known for designing Boston’s Public Garden.
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E.
Thomas Marshall
Thomas Marshall was an American lawyer, landowner, and politician in colonial Virginia, best known as the father of future Chief Justice John Marshall.
- 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: Hugh Clifford Target entity description: Hugh Clifford was a British colonial administrator and writer who served as governor in several territories of the British Empire in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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A.
Hugh Wheeler
Hugh Wheeler was a British Army officer best known for his controversial leadership and death during the 1857 Indian Rebellion at Cawnpore.
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B.
Thomas W. Knox
Thomas W. Knox was a 19th-century American journalist and author known for his Civil War reporting and popular travel and adventure books.
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C.
Holland M. Smith
Holland M. Smith was a prominent U.S. Marine Corps general in World War II, renowned for his leadership of amphibious assaults in the Pacific Theater.
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D.
George F. Meacham
George F. Meacham was a 19th-century American landscape architect best known for designing Boston’s Public Garden.
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E.
Thomas Marshall
Thomas Marshall was an American lawyer, landowner, and politician in colonial Virginia, best known as the father of future Chief Justice John Marshall.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British colonial administrator
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human ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| described | Malay society under British rule ⓘ |
| employer | British Empire ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | English people ⓘ |
| familyName | Clifford ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Malay studies
ⓘ
colonial administration ⓘ |
| genre |
colonial literature
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fiction ⓘ short stories ⓘ |
| givenName | Hugh ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| notableFor |
fiction and sketches about Malayan life
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governorships in the British Empire ⓘ service in British Malaya ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A Free-lance of Today
ⓘ
In Court and Kampong ⓘ Saleh: A Prince of Malaya ⓘ Studies in Brown Humanity ⓘ |
| occupation |
colonial administrator
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writer ⓘ |
| partOf | British colonial service ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Governor of Ceylon
ⓘ
Governor of Nigeria ⓘ Governor of the Gold Coast ⓘ Governor of the Straits Settlements ⓘ High Commissioner for the Federated Malay States ⓘ Resident in Pahang ⓘ Resident in Perak ⓘ Resident in Selangor ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
early 20th century
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late 19th century ⓘ |
| workLocation |
British Malaya
ⓘ
Sri Lanka ⓘ
surface form:
Ceylon
Gold Coast ⓘ Nigeria ⓘ |
| wroteAbout |
British colonial officials in Malaya
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life in Malayan villages ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Hugh Clifford Description of subject: Hugh Clifford was a British colonial administrator and writer who served as governor in several territories of the British Empire in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.