Harold Agnew
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Harold Agnew was an American physicist and weapons designer best known for his role in the Manhattan Project and later as director of the Los Alamos National Laboratory.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Harold Agnew canonical | 1 |
| Harold Melvin Agnew | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2198073 — 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: Harold Agnew Context triple: [Project Alberta, hadMember, Harold Agnew]
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A.
Theodore Spiros Agnew
Theodore Spiros Agnew was the Greek immigrant father of U.S. Vice President Spiro Agnew, known primarily through his son's political prominence.
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B.
Vincent Ostrom
Vincent Ostrom was an American political scientist known for his foundational work on public choice theory, polycentric governance, and for co-founding the Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis at Indiana University.
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C.
John D. Nichols
John D. Nichols is a prominent American businessman and philanthropist whose contributions to the arts and culture sector led to major landmarks being named in his honor.
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D.
Charles F. Roos
Charles F. Roos was an American economist and mathematician known for his pioneering work in econometrics and contributions to the formalization of economic theory.
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E.
John A. Wilson
John A. Wilson was a prominent Washington, D.C. politician and public servant, notably serving as chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia.
- 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: Harold Agnew Target entity description: Harold Agnew was an American physicist and weapons designer best known for his role in the Manhattan Project and later as director of the Los Alamos National Laboratory.
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A.
Theodore Spiros Agnew
Theodore Spiros Agnew was the Greek immigrant father of U.S. Vice President Spiro Agnew, known primarily through his son's political prominence.
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B.
Vincent Ostrom
Vincent Ostrom was an American political scientist known for his foundational work on public choice theory, polycentric governance, and for co-founding the Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis at Indiana University.
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C.
John D. Nichols
John D. Nichols is a prominent American businessman and philanthropist whose contributions to the arts and culture sector led to major landmarks being named in his honor.
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D.
Charles F. Roos
Charles F. Roos was an American economist and mathematician known for his pioneering work in econometrics and contributions to the formalization of economic theory.
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E.
John A. Wilson
John A. Wilson was a prominent Washington, D.C. politician and public servant, notably serving as chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Manhattan Project scientist
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human ⓘ nuclear physicist ⓘ physicist ⓘ weapons designer ⓘ |
| advisorTo | United States government on nuclear policy ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Enrico Fermi Award
ⓘ
Ernest O. Lawrence Award ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | natural causes ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1921-03-28 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2013-09-29 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of Chicago
ⓘ
University of Denver ⓘ |
| employer |
General Atomics
ⓘ
surface form:
General Atomic
Los Alamos Laboratory ⓘ
surface form:
Los Alamos National Laboratory
University of California system ⓘ
surface form:
University of California
|
| familyName | Agnew ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
nuclear weapons
ⓘ
physics ⓘ |
| givenName | Harold ⓘ |
| knownFor |
director of Los Alamos National Laboratory
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nuclear weapons design ⓘ role in the Manhattan Project ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Manhattan Project ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | United States Army Air Forces ⓘ |
| name |
Harold Agnew
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Harold Melvin Agnew
|
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableWork |
design and testing of nuclear weapons
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development of the first nuclear weapons ⓘ leadership of Los Alamos National Laboratory ⓘ |
| participantIn |
Manhattan Project
ⓘ
World War II ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Denver, Colorado, United States ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Solana Beach
ⓘ
surface form:
Solana Beach, California, United States
|
| politicalParty |
Democratic Party
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surface form:
Democratic Party (United States)
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| positionHeld |
director of Los Alamos National Laboratory
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laboratory director ⓘ president of General Atomic ⓘ |
| residence |
Los Alamos, New Mexico
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surface form:
Los Alamos, New Mexico, United States
San Diego, California, United States ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Beverly Agnew ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Los Alamos, New Mexico
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surface form:
Los Alamos, New Mexico, United States
San Diego, California, United States ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Subject: Harold Agnew Description of subject: Harold Agnew was an American physicist and weapons designer best known for his role in the Manhattan Project and later as director of the Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Harold Melvin Agnew