Marcus Jastrow
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Marcus Jastrow was a 19th-century Polish-German-American rabbi and scholar best known for his influential Talmudic dictionary and leadership in American Jewish religious life.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Morris Jastrow Jr. | 2 |
| Joseph Jastrow | 1 |
| Marcus Jastrow canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2767622 — 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: Marcus Jastrow Context triple: [Jewish Theological Seminary of America, founder, Marcus Jastrow]
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A.
Emil Wolf
Emil Wolf was a Czech-American physicist renowned for his pioneering contributions to physical optics and co-authoring the seminal textbook "Principles of Optics."
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B.
Jacob Julius Garfinkle
Jacob Julius Garfinkle, better known as John Garfield, was a prominent American actor of the 1930s and 1940s noted for his brooding, working-class screen persona and influential early method-style performances.
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C.
Leo Friedlander
Leo Friedlander was an American sculptor known for his large-scale public monuments and architectural sculpture, particularly in the mid-20th century.
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D.
Joseph Greenberg
Joseph Greenberg was an influential American linguist best known for his work on language classification and universals, including proposing major language families such as Nilo-Saharan.
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E.
Guido Keil
Guido Keil was a son of the Portuguese composer and painter Alfredo Keil, likely associated with his father's artistic and cultural milieu.
- 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: Marcus Jastrow Target entity description: Marcus Jastrow was a 19th-century Polish-German-American rabbi and scholar best known for his influential Talmudic dictionary and leadership in American Jewish religious life.
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A.
Emil Wolf
Emil Wolf was a Czech-American physicist renowned for his pioneering contributions to physical optics and co-authoring the seminal textbook "Principles of Optics."
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B.
Jacob Julius Garfinkle
Jacob Julius Garfinkle, better known as John Garfield, was a prominent American actor of the 1930s and 1940s noted for his brooding, working-class screen persona and influential early method-style performances.
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C.
Leo Friedlander
Leo Friedlander was an American sculptor known for his large-scale public monuments and architectural sculpture, particularly in the mid-20th century.
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D.
Joseph Greenberg
Joseph Greenberg was an influential American linguist best known for his work on language classification and universals, including proposing major language families such as Nilo-Saharan.
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E.
Guido Keil
Guido Keil was a son of the Portuguese composer and painter Alfredo Keil, likely associated with his father's artistic and cultural milieu.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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lexicographer ⓘ rabbi ⓘ scholar ⓘ |
| activeIn | 19th century ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
Mount Sinai Memorial Park Cemetery
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surface form:
Mount Sinai Cemetery, Philadelphia
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| child |
Marcus Jastrow
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Joseph Jastrow
Marcus Jastrow self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Morris Jastrow Jr.
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| citizenship |
Prussia
ⓘ
surface form:
Kingdom of Prussia
United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth |
Prussia
ⓘ
surface form:
Kingdom of Prussia
|
| countryOfDeath | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1829-06-05 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1903-10-13 ⓘ |
| describedBySource |
Encyclopaedia Judaica
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Jewish Encyclopedia ⓘ |
| doctoralAdvisor | Heinrich Leberecht Fleischer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| doctoralThesis |
Analecta Biblica
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surface form:
Aben Esras Kommentar zu Hosea
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| educatedAt |
Humboldt University of Berlin
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surface form:
University of Berlin
University of Halle ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Jews ⓘ |
| familyName | Jastrow ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Jewish studies
ⓘ
Talmudic studies ⓘ lexicography ⓘ |
| givenName | Marcus ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
English
ⓘ
German ⓘ Hebrew ⓘ |
| movement | American Jewish religious reform ⓘ |
| nationality |
American
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German ⓘ Polish ⓘ |
| notableFor | Talmudic dictionary widely used in English-speaking Jewish scholarship ⓘ |
| notableWork | Dictionary of the Targumim, Talmud Babli, Talmud Yerushalmi and Midrashic Literature ⓘ |
| occupation |
lexicographer
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rabbi ⓘ university teacher ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Grand Duchy of Posen
ⓘ
Rogasen ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Philadelphia ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
preacher in Warsaw
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rabbi of the Congregation Rodeph Shalom in Philadelphia ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Bertha Wolfsohn ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Marcus Jastrow Description of subject: Marcus Jastrow was a 19th-century Polish-German-American rabbi and scholar best known for his influential Talmudic dictionary and leadership in American Jewish religious life.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Morris Jastrow Jr.
this entity surface form:
Joseph Jastrow
this entity surface form:
Morris Jastrow Jr.