Émile Henry
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Émile Henry was a French anarchist known for carrying out bomb attacks in Paris in the 1890s and being executed for his role in these acts of political violence.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Émile Henry canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3277053 — 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: Émile Henry Context triple: [Émile, notableBearer, Émile Henry]
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A.
Jacques Camille Paris
Jacques Camille Paris was a French diplomat best known for serving as the inaugural Secretary General of the Council of Europe, helping to shape the institution in its formative years.
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B.
Henri Meilhac
Henri Meilhac was a 19th-century French dramatist and librettist best known for his collaborations with Ludovic Halévy on operas by composers such as Georges Bizet and Jacques Offenbach.
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C.
Armand Petitjean
Armand Petitjean was a French perfumer and entrepreneur best known for creating the luxury cosmetics and fragrance brand Lancôme in the 1930s.
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D.
Henri Doucet
Henri Doucet was a French artist and designer associated with early 20th-century avant-garde decorative arts, notably contributing to the modernist aesthetic promoted by the Omega Workshops.
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E.
Charles Laisné
Charles Laisné was a French architect known for his involvement in the design of Paris’s Sacré-Cœur Basilica.
- 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: Émile Henry Target entity description: Émile Henry was a French anarchist known for carrying out bomb attacks in Paris in the 1890s and being executed for his role in these acts of political violence.
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A.
Jacques Camille Paris
Jacques Camille Paris was a French diplomat best known for serving as the inaugural Secretary General of the Council of Europe, helping to shape the institution in its formative years.
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B.
Henri Meilhac
Henri Meilhac was a 19th-century French dramatist and librettist best known for his collaborations with Ludovic Halévy on operas by composers such as Georges Bizet and Jacques Offenbach.
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C.
Armand Petitjean
Armand Petitjean was a French perfumer and entrepreneur best known for creating the luxury cosmetics and fragrance brand Lancôme in the 1930s.
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D.
Henri Doucet
Henri Doucet was a French artist and designer associated with early 20th-century avant-garde decorative arts, notably contributing to the modernist aesthetic promoted by the Omega Workshops.
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E.
Charles Laisné
Charles Laisné was a French architect known for his involvement in the design of Paris’s Sacré-Cœur Basilica.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French anarchist
ⓘ
human ⓘ |
| activeIn |
France
ⓘ
Paris ⓘ |
| areaOfActivity | political violence in France ⓘ |
| capitalPunishment | yes ⓘ |
| category |
19th-century French anarchists
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French people convicted of murder ⓘ French people executed by guillotine ⓘ people executed by France ⓘ people executed for terrorism ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | guillotine ⓘ |
| convictedOf |
bombing
ⓘ
murder ⓘ terrorism ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Spain ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | France ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | France ⓘ |
| education | Lycée Janson-de-Sailly ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | French ⓘ |
| familyName | Henry ⓘ |
| father | Fortuné Henry ⓘ |
| givenName | Émile ⓘ |
| ideologicalMotivation | revenge for repression of workers and anarchists in France ⓘ |
| knownFor | refusal to distinguish between civilians and state targets in anarchist violence ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | French ⓘ |
| legalStatus | executed prisoner ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | execution ⓘ |
| movement |
anarchism
ⓘ
propaganda of the deed ⓘ |
| name | Émile Henry self-link ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
bomb attack on the offices of the Compagnie des mines de Carmaux in Paris
ⓘ
bombing of the Café Terminus in Paris ⓘ |
| notableFor |
bomb attacks in Paris in the 1890s
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political violence ⓘ |
| notableQuote | There are no innocents. ⓘ |
| notableWork | Café Terminus bombing ⓘ |
| occupation |
anarchist
ⓘ
political activist ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Barcelona ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Paris ⓘ |
| politicalIdeology |
individualist anarchism
ⓘ
revolutionary anarchism ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sibling |
Fortuné Henry
ⓘ
surface form:
Fortuné Henry Jr.
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| timePeriod | 1890s ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Émile Henry Description of subject: Émile Henry was a French anarchist known for carrying out bomb attacks in Paris in the 1890s and being executed for his role in these acts of political violence.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.