Paul Schuster Taylor
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Paul Schuster Taylor was an American economist and social scientist known for his pioneering studies of migrant farmworkers and his collaborative documentary work with photographer Dorothea Lange during the Great Depression.
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| Paul Schuster Taylor canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2508364 — 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: Paul Schuster Taylor Context triple: [Dorothea Lange, spouse, Paul Schuster Taylor]
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A.
Kirkpatrick Durham
Kirkpatrick Durham is a village and civil parish in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, historically associated with the parish of Kirkpatrick.
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B.
Robert Nisbet
Robert Nisbet was a 20th-century American sociologist and conservative social theorist known for his critiques of modern individualism and the erosion of traditional communities and intermediate institutions.
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C.
Ralph Linton
Ralph Linton was an American anthropologist known for his work on culture and personality and for helping popularize key concepts such as status and role in social anthropology.
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D.
Herbert Blumer
Herbert Blumer was an American sociologist best known for coining the term "symbolic interactionism" and significantly shaping the Chicago School of sociology.
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E.
Gregory Bateson
Gregory Bateson was an English anthropologist, social scientist, and cyberneticist known for his work on systems theory, communication, and the ecology of mind.
- 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: Paul Schuster Taylor Target entity description: Paul Schuster Taylor was an American economist and social scientist known for his pioneering studies of migrant farmworkers and his collaborative documentary work with photographer Dorothea Lange during the Great Depression.
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A.
Kirkpatrick Durham
Kirkpatrick Durham is a village and civil parish in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, historically associated with the parish of Kirkpatrick.
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B.
Robert Nisbet
Robert Nisbet was a 20th-century American sociologist and conservative social theorist known for his critiques of modern individualism and the erosion of traditional communities and intermediate institutions.
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C.
Ralph Linton
Ralph Linton was an American anthropologist known for his work on culture and personality and for helping popularize key concepts such as status and role in social anthropology.
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D.
Herbert Blumer
Herbert Blumer was an American sociologist best known for coining the term "symbolic interactionism" and significantly shaping the Chicago School of sociology.
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E.
Gregory Bateson
Gregory Bateson was an English anthropologist, social scientist, and cyberneticist known for his work on systems theory, communication, and the ecology of mind.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
economist
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human ⓘ social scientist ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| describedBySource |
historical scholarship on the Great Depression
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studies of Dorothea Lange’s documentary photography ⓘ |
| educatedAt | University of Wisconsin–Madison ⓘ |
| employer | University of California, Berkeley ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
agricultural economics
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labor economics ⓘ migration studies ⓘ rural sociology ⓘ |
| genre |
empirical social research
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policy reports ⓘ |
| hasAcademicDiscipline |
economics
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sociology ⓘ |
| hasCollaborator | Dorothea Lange ⓘ |
| influenced |
New Deal–era policy discussions on farm labor
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public understanding of migrant labor in the United States ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| movement | Progressive-era social research tradition ⓘ |
| notableFor |
collaborative work with photographer Dorothea Lange
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documentary research on agricultural labor during the Great Depression ⓘ integrating visual documentation with social science research ⓘ pioneering studies of migrant farmworkers in the United States ⓘ |
| notableWork |
documentary studies of Dust Bowl migrants
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reports on agricultural labor conditions in California ⓘ |
| occupation |
economist
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social scientist ⓘ |
| participantIn | research on the Great Depression ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity |
San Francisco Bay Area
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rural California ⓘ |
| positionHeld | professor at the University of California, Berkeley ⓘ |
| researchFocus |
U.S. agricultural labor policy
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economic conditions of migrant workers ⓘ social conditions of migrant workers ⓘ |
| spouse | Dorothea Lange ⓘ |
| studied |
Mexican and Mexican American agricultural laborers
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conditions of agricultural labor camps ⓘ economic and social impacts of migration ⓘ migrant farmworkers ⓘ |
| usedMedium | documentary photography (through collaboration) ⓘ |
| usedMethod |
field research
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interviews with farmworkers ⓘ statistical analysis of labor and migration data ⓘ |
| workLocation |
California, United States
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surface form:
California
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