Lawrence Grant White
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Lawrence Grant White was an American architect and partner in the prominent firm McKim, Mead & White, known for continuing his father Stanford White’s architectural legacy.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lawrence Grant White canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3058007 — 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: Lawrence Grant White Context triple: [Stanford White, child, Lawrence Grant White]
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A.
John H. White
John H. White is an American photojournalist renowned for his powerful documentary images of urban life and social issues, particularly in Chicago.
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B.
Richard Grant White
Richard Grant White was a 19th-century American literary critic, Shakespearean scholar, and essayist known for his influential writings on English literature and language.
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C.
James L. White
James L. White was a prominent polymer scientist and engineer recognized for his pioneering contributions to polymer processing and rheology.
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D.
John Whiteaker
John Whiteaker was an American politician who became the first governor of the U.S. state of Oregon after it achieved statehood.
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E.
Thomas J. White
Thomas J. White was an American philanthropist and businessman best known for bankrolling and co-founding the global health organization Partners In Health.
- 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: Lawrence Grant White Target entity description: Lawrence Grant White was an American architect and partner in the prominent firm McKim, Mead & White, known for continuing his father Stanford White’s architectural legacy.
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A.
John H. White
John H. White is an American photojournalist renowned for his powerful documentary images of urban life and social issues, particularly in Chicago.
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B.
Richard Grant White
Richard Grant White was a 19th-century American literary critic, Shakespearean scholar, and essayist known for his influential writings on English literature and language.
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C.
James L. White
James L. White was a prominent polymer scientist and engineer recognized for his pioneering contributions to polymer processing and rheology.
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D.
John Whiteaker
John Whiteaker was an American politician who became the first governor of the U.S. state of Oregon after it achieved statehood.
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E.
Thomas J. White
Thomas J. White was an American philanthropist and businessman best known for bankrolling and co-founding the global health organization Partners In Health.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American architect
ⓘ
architect ⓘ human ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | unspecified natural causes (exact cause not widely cited) ⓘ |
| child |
Caroline White
ⓘ
Lawrence Chanler White ⓘ Robert Winthrop White ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1887-02-09 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1956-09-07 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Columbia University
ⓘ
Harvard University ⓘ |
| employer | McKim, Mead & White ⓘ |
| era | 20th-century architecture ⓘ |
| familyName | White ⓘ |
| father | Stanford White ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | architecture ⓘ |
| genre | classical architecture ⓘ |
| givenName | Lawrence ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced | American classical and Beaux-Arts architectural practice ⓘ |
| heritage | American of English descent ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | McKim, Mead & White ⓘ |
| mother |
Bessie Springs Smith
ⓘ
surface form:
Bessie Springs Smith White
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| name | Lawrence Grant White self-link ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
McKim, Mead & White
ⓘ
surface form:
helped sustain McKim, Mead & White in the early 20th century
translated Dante’s Divine Comedy into English ⓘ |
| notableFamily | White family of New York ⓘ |
| notableFor | continuing the architectural legacy of Stanford White ⓘ |
| notableProject | various residential and institutional buildings with McKim, Mead & White ⓘ |
| notableRole | senior partner at McKim, Mead & White ⓘ |
| notableWork | design work for McKim, Mead & White ⓘ |
| occupation |
architect
ⓘ
translator ⓘ |
| partnerIn | McKim, Mead & White ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | New York City ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | St. James, New York ⓘ |
| residence | New York ⓘ |
| sibling | Lawrence Grant White’s siblings (names not specified) ⓘ |
| spouse | Laura Astor Chanler White ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Lawrence Grant White Description of subject: Lawrence Grant White was an American architect and partner in the prominent firm McKim, Mead & White, known for continuing his father Stanford White’s architectural legacy.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.