Charles Sumner Tainter
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Charles Sumner Tainter was an American inventor and scientist best known for his pioneering work in sound and communication technologies during the late 19th century.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Charles Sumner Tainter canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2032939 — 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: Charles Sumner Tainter Context triple: [Photophone, inventedBy, Charles Sumner Tainter]
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Nathaniel P. Davis
Nathaniel P. Davis was an American diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to Hungary.
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William Starr Miller
William Starr Miller was a prominent early 20th-century American industrialist and real estate developer whose Fifth Avenue mansion later became the home of the Neue Galerie New York.
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Thomas L. Kane
Thomas L. Kane was a 19th-century American lawyer, abolitionist, and advocate for the Latter-day Saints who later became a Union Army officer during the Civil War.
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C. O. Sanford
C. O. Sanford was a notable figure after whom the city of Sanford, North Carolina, was named, likely due to his influence or prominence in the region’s history.
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John A. Wilson
John A. Wilson was a prominent Washington, D.C. politician and public servant, notably serving as chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Charles Sumner Tainter Target entity description: Charles Sumner Tainter was an American inventor and scientist best known for his pioneering work in sound and communication technologies during the late 19th century.
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A.
Nathaniel P. Davis
Nathaniel P. Davis was an American diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to Hungary.
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B.
William Starr Miller
William Starr Miller was a prominent early 20th-century American industrialist and real estate developer whose Fifth Avenue mansion later became the home of the Neue Galerie New York.
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C.
Thomas L. Kane
Thomas L. Kane was a 19th-century American lawyer, abolitionist, and advocate for the Latter-day Saints who later became a Union Army officer during the Civil War.
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D.
C. O. Sanford
C. O. Sanford was a notable figure after whom the city of Sanford, North Carolina, was named, likely due to his influence or prominence in the region’s history.
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E.
John A. Wilson
John A. Wilson was a prominent Washington, D.C. politician and public servant, notably serving as chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American engineer
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human ⓘ inventor ⓘ scientist ⓘ |
| awardReceived | John Scott Medal ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
San Diego
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surface form:
San Diego, California, United States
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| collaboratedWith |
Alexander Graham Bell
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Chichester Bell ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1844-04-25 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1940-04-20 ⓘ |
| employer | Volta Laboratory ⓘ |
| era | late 19th century ⓘ |
| familyName | Tainter ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
acoustics
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sound recording ⓘ telecommunications ⓘ |
| fullName | Charles Sumner Tainter self-link ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Charles ⓘ |
| hasWikipediaPage | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Sumner_Tainter ⓘ |
| influencedDomain |
audio recording industry
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telecommunications technology ⓘ |
| knownFor |
development of the graphophone
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improvements to the phonograph ⓘ pioneering work in sound and communication technologies ⓘ work on the photophone ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableAchievement | co-development of the first practical sound recording on wax cylinders ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Edison cylinder phonograph
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surface form:
graphophone
photophone ⓘ |
| occupation |
engineer
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inventor ⓘ scientist ⓘ |
| patentHolderOf |
improvements in phonograph-type devices
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improvements in sound recording and reproducing instruments ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Watertown, Massachusetts
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surface form:
Watertown, Massachusetts, United States
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| placeOfDeath | San Diego, California, United States ⓘ |
| residence |
San Diego, California, United States
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Washington, D.C. ⓘ
surface form:
Washington, D.C., United States
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| workLocation |
Washington, D.C.
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surface form:
Washington, D.C., United States
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Referenced by (5)
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