George Wittet
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George Wittet was a Scottish architect active in early 20th-century India, known for designing several iconic Indo-Saracenic and public buildings in Mumbai.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| George Wittet canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2460249 — 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: George Wittet Context triple: [Gateway of India, architect, George Wittet]
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Edward Leister
Edward Leister was an English colonist and passenger on the Mayflower who became one of the signers of the Mayflower Compact in 1620.
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James Guillaume
James Guillaume was a prominent Swiss anarchist, educator, and close associate of Mikhail Bakunin who played a leading role in the anti-authoritarian wing of the First International.
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C.
Charles Hugo
Charles Hugo was a 19th-century French journalist, writer, and political activist, best known as one of the sons of the famed author Victor Hugo and for his involvement in republican and social causes.
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Philip Martiny
Philip Martiny was a French-born American sculptor known for his architectural and decorative sculptures on prominent U.S. public buildings and monuments in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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E.
Eduard Houdremont
Eduard Houdremont was a German industrialist and senior executive at the Krupp conglomerate who was prosecuted for his role in Nazi-era armaments production and exploitation of forced labor during the post-World War II Krupp Trial.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: George Wittet Target entity description: George Wittet was a Scottish architect active in early 20th-century India, known for designing several iconic Indo-Saracenic and public buildings in Mumbai.
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A.
Edward Leister
Edward Leister was an English colonist and passenger on the Mayflower who became one of the signers of the Mayflower Compact in 1620.
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B.
James Guillaume
James Guillaume was a prominent Swiss anarchist, educator, and close associate of Mikhail Bakunin who played a leading role in the anti-authoritarian wing of the First International.
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C.
Charles Hugo
Charles Hugo was a 19th-century French journalist, writer, and political activist, best known as one of the sons of the famed author Victor Hugo and for his involvement in republican and social causes.
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D.
Philip Martiny
Philip Martiny was a French-born American sculptor known for his architectural and decorative sculptures on prominent U.S. public buildings and monuments in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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E.
Eduard Houdremont
Eduard Houdremont was a German industrialist and senior executive at the Krupp conglomerate who was prosecuted for his role in Nazi-era armaments production and exploitation of forced labor during the post-World War II Krupp Trial.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Scottish person
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architect ⓘ person ⓘ |
| activeInPeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Indo-Saracenic architecture
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surface form:
Indo-Gothic architecture
Indo-Saracenic architecture ⓘ |
| basedIn | Mumbai ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Scotland
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United Kingdom ⓘ |
| designed |
South Mumbai
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surface form:
Ballard Estate commercial district, Mumbai
Gateway of India ⓘ Institute of Science, Mumbai ⓘ King Edward Memorial Hospital, Mumbai ⓘ Prince of Wales Museum of Western India ⓘ |
| employer |
Bombay Improvement Trust
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Government of Bombay Presidency ⓘ |
| ethnicOrigin | Scottish ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
architecture
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urban planning ⓘ |
| genre |
civic architecture
ⓘ
institutional architecture ⓘ public architecture ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
European classical architecture
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Gothic Revival ⓘ
surface form:
Gothic Revival architecture
Indo-Islamic architecture ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| name | George Wittet self-link ⓘ |
| notableFor |
contribution to Indo-Saracenic architecture in India
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design of monumental colonial-era buildings in Bombay ⓘ designing public buildings in Mumbai ⓘ |
| notableWork |
South Mumbai
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surface form:
Ballard Estate commercial district, Mumbai
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya ⓘ Gateway of India ⓘ Institute of Science, Mumbai ⓘ King Edward Memorial Hospital, Mumbai ⓘ Prince of Wales Museum of Western India ⓘ Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation building ⓘ
surface form:
Tata Palace, Mumbai
Wadia Maternity Hospital, Mumbai ⓘ |
| occupation | architect ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity |
India
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Mumbai ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
President of the Indian Institute of Architects
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architect to the Bombay Improvement Trust ⓘ consulting architect to the Government of Bombay ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Bombay Presidency
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Mumbai ⓘ |
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Subject: George Wittet Description of subject: George Wittet was a Scottish architect active in early 20th-century India, known for designing several iconic Indo-Saracenic and public buildings in Mumbai.
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