James family

E252361

American family intellectual family literary family person

The James family is a prominent American intellectual and literary family that includes figures such as novelist Henry James, philosopher and psychologist William James, and diarist Alice James.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
James family canonical	16

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2285742 — 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: James family
Context triple: [Alice James, memberOf, James family]

A. Lee family
The Lee family is a prominent American dynasty from Virginia, historically influential in politics and the military and best known for producing figures such as Confederate General Robert E. Lee.
B. Allen family
The Allen family is the group of relatives and beneficiaries associated with the late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, inheriting and overseeing his substantial estate and philanthropic legacy.
C. Jackson family
The Jackson family is a prominent American show-business dynasty best known for producing globally influential entertainers including Michael and Janet Jackson.
D. Howard family
The Howard family is an American show-business family best known for actors and filmmakers like Rance Howard and his son Ron Howard.
E. Howard family
The Howard family is a prominent English noble house that has long held the dukedom of Norfolk and played a major role in the political and social life of the British aristocracy.
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: James family
Target entity description: The James family is a prominent American intellectual and literary family that includes figures such as novelist Henry James, philosopher and psychologist William James, and diarist Alice James.

A. Lee family
The Lee family is a prominent American dynasty from Virginia, historically influential in politics and the military and best known for producing figures such as Confederate General Robert E. Lee.
B. Allen family
The Allen family is the group of relatives and beneficiaries associated with the late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, inheriting and overseeing his substantial estate and philanthropic legacy.
C. Jackson family
The Jackson family is a prominent American show-business dynasty best known for producing globally influential entertainers including Michael and Janet Jackson.
D. Howard family
The Howard family is a prominent English noble house that has long held the dukedom of Norfolk and played a major role in the political and social life of the British aristocracy.
E. Howard family
The Howard family is an American show-business family best known for actors and filmmakers like Rance Howard and his son Ron Howard.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (62)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American family ⓘ intellectual family ⓘ literary family ⓘ person ⓘ person ⓘ person ⓘ person ⓘ person ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
countryOfCitizenship	United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
father	Henry James Sr. ⓘ Henry James Sr. ⓘ Henry James Sr. ⓘ
fieldOfActivity	literature ⓘ philosophy ⓘ psychology ⓘ religious thought ⓘ
fieldOfWork	psychology of religion ⓘ
hasEthnicOrigin	American ⓘ Irish-American ⓘ Scottish-American ⓘ
hasFamilyHead	Henry James Sr. ⓘ
hasMemberRole	diarist ⓘ novelist ⓘ philosopher ⓘ psychologist ⓘ
knownFor	contributions to American literature ⓘ contributions to American philosophy ⓘ contributions to psychology ⓘ influence on literary modernism ⓘ influence on pragmatism ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
memberOf	James family self-linksurface differs ⓘ James family self-linksurface differs ⓘ James family self-linksurface differs ⓘ James family self-linksurface differs ⓘ James family self-linksurface differs ⓘ
mother	Mary Walsh James ⓘ Mary Walsh James ⓘ Mary Walsh James ⓘ
movement	literary realism ⓘ Modernism ⓘ surface form: modernism pragmatism ⓘ
notableMember	Alice James ⓘ Henry James ⓘ Henry James Sr. ⓘ Mary Walsh James ⓘ William James ⓘ
occupation	diarist ⓘ literary critic ⓘ novelist ⓘ philosopher ⓘ psychologist ⓘ religious philosopher ⓘ short story writer ⓘ theologian ⓘ
periodOfProminence	19th century ⓘ early 20th century ⓘ
spouse	Henry James Sr. ⓘ

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Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Alice James → memberOf → James family ⓘ

Mary Walsh James → memberOf → James family ⓘ

Mary Walsh James → notableFamily → James family ⓘ

Zhuri James → partOf → James family ⓘ

Louisa James (grandniece of Henry James) → memberOf → James family ⓘ

subject surface form: Louisa James