Herbert Baker
E23833
Herbert Baker was a prominent British architect best known for his role in designing key government buildings in New Delhi during the British colonial period.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Herbert Baker canonical | 22 |
| Sir Herbert Baker | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T152363 — 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: Herbert Baker Context triple: [New Delhi, designedBy, Herbert Baker]
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Edwin Lutyens
Edwin Lutyens was a prominent British architect renowned for his influential country house designs and for shaping the architectural layout of New Delhi during the British Raj.
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Claude Auchinleck
Claude Auchinleck was a senior British Army officer and field marshal best known for his leadership of Allied forces in the Middle East during the early stages of World War II.
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George Goschen
George Goschen was a British Conservative politician and statesman of the late 19th century who held several high offices, including leadership roles in naval administration.
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D.
Sir John Soane
Sir John Soane was a renowned 18th–19th century British neoclassical architect best known for designing the Bank of England and for his influential, artifact-filled London home now preserved as Sir John Soane’s Museum.
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E.
John Russell Pope
John Russell Pope was a prominent American architect best known for his grand neoclassical designs in Washington, D.C., including the Jefferson Memorial and the National Archives Building.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Herbert Baker Target entity description: Herbert Baker was a prominent British architect best known for his role in designing key government buildings in New Delhi during the British colonial period.
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A.
Edwin Lutyens
Edwin Lutyens was a prominent British architect renowned for his influential country house designs and for shaping the architectural layout of New Delhi during the British Raj.
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B.
Claude Auchinleck
Claude Auchinleck was a senior British Army officer and field marshal best known for his leadership of Allied forces in the Middle East during the early stages of World War II.
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C.
George Goschen
George Goschen was a British Conservative politician and statesman of the late 19th century who held several high offices, including leadership roles in naval administration.
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D.
Sir John Soane
Sir John Soane was a renowned 18th–19th century British neoclassical architect best known for designing the Bank of England and for his influential, artifact-filled London home now preserved as Sir John Soane’s Museum.
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E.
John Russell Pope
John Russell Pope was a prominent American architect best known for his grand neoclassical designs in Washington, D.C., including the Jefferson Memorial and the National Archives Building.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British architect
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architect ⓘ human ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Classical revival architecture
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Imperial architecture ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith | Edwin Lutyens ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| designed |
North Block, New Delhi
ⓘ
Sansad Bhavan (Parliament House) ⓘ
surface form:
Parliament House, New Delhi
North Block, New Delhi ⓘ
surface form:
Secretariat Building, New Delhi
South Block, Raisina Hill, New Delhi ⓘ
surface form:
South Block, New Delhi
Union buildings, Pretoria ⓘ |
| employer |
Government of British India
ⓘ
surface form:
British colonial government in India
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| familyName | Baker ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | architecture ⓘ |
| givenName | Herbert ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
European imperial architectural traditions
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classical architecture ⓘ |
| knownFor |
designing key government buildings in New Delhi
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work on imperial and colonial government architecture ⓘ |
| name | Herbert Baker self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableForPeriod | British colonial period in India ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Rashtrapati Bhavan
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surface form:
Government House, New Delhi (now Rashtrapati Bhavan complex contributions)
North Block, New Delhi ⓘ Sansad Bhavan (Parliament House) ⓘ
surface form:
Parliament House, New Delhi
North Block, New Delhi ⓘ
surface form:
Secretariat Building, New Delhi
South Block, Raisina Hill, New Delhi ⓘ
surface form:
South Block, New Delhi
Union buildings, Pretoria ⓘ |
| occupation | architect ⓘ |
| partOf | architectural team for the planning of New Delhi ⓘ |
| positionHeld | leading architect for British government projects in New Delhi ⓘ |
| workLocation |
New Delhi, India
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surface form:
New Delhi
South Africa ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ |
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Subject: Herbert Baker Description of subject: Herbert Baker was a prominent British architect best known for his role in designing key government buildings in New Delhi during the British colonial period.
Referenced by (24)
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