Charles G. Herbermann
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Charles G. Herbermann was an American scholar and historian best known for his role in producing and overseeing the early 20th-century Catholic Encyclopedia.
All labels observed (1)
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| Charles G. Herbermann canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3439902 — 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: Charles G. Herbermann Context triple: [Catholic Encyclopedia, editor, Charles G. Herbermann]
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Raymond E. Brown
Raymond E. Brown was a prominent 20th-century American Catholic biblical scholar renowned for his influential work on the Gospel of John and the Johannine community.
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B.
Roland de Vaux
Roland de Vaux was a French Dominican priest, biblical scholar, and archaeologist best known for his leadership at the École Biblique in Jerusalem and his influential work on the Dead Sea Scrolls and ancient Israelite history.
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C.
Erwin Nestle
Erwin Nestle was a German biblical scholar and textual critic best known for initiating the influential critical edition of the Greek New Testament that later became the Nestle-Aland Novum Testamentum Graece.
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D.
Peter Lombard
Peter Lombard was a 12th-century scholastic theologian and bishop of Paris best known for his influential theological textbook, the "Sentences," which became a standard work in medieval university education.
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E.
Étienne Gilson
Étienne Gilson was a prominent 20th-century French philosopher and historian of medieval thought, renowned as a leading neo-Thomist and scholar of Christian philosophy.
- 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: Charles G. Herbermann Target entity description: Charles G. Herbermann was an American scholar and historian best known for his role in producing and overseeing the early 20th-century Catholic Encyclopedia.
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A.
Raymond E. Brown
Raymond E. Brown was a prominent 20th-century American Catholic biblical scholar renowned for his influential work on the Gospel of John and the Johannine community.
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B.
Roland de Vaux
Roland de Vaux was a French Dominican priest, biblical scholar, and archaeologist best known for his leadership at the École Biblique in Jerusalem and his influential work on the Dead Sea Scrolls and ancient Israelite history.
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C.
Erwin Nestle
Erwin Nestle was a German biblical scholar and textual critic best known for initiating the influential critical edition of the Greek New Testament that later became the Nestle-Aland Novum Testamentum Graece.
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D.
Peter Lombard
Peter Lombard was a 12th-century scholastic theologian and bishop of Paris best known for his influential theological textbook, the "Sentences," which became a standard work in medieval university education.
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E.
Étienne Gilson
Étienne Gilson was a prominent 20th-century French philosopher and historian of medieval thought, renowned as a leading neo-Thomist and scholar of Christian philosophy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American Roman Catholic
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editor ⓘ encyclopedia ⓘ historian ⓘ human ⓘ scholar ⓘ |
| editorInChief | Charles G. Herbermann self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| educatedAt | City College of New York ⓘ |
| employer | City College of New York ⓘ |
| familyName | Herbermann ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Catholic studies
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history ⓘ theology ⓘ |
| givenName | Charles ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Catholic Encyclopedia
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surface form:
The Catholic Encyclopedia
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| language | English ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
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German ⓘ |
| name | Charles G. Herbermann self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | United States of America ⓘ |
| occupation |
editor
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historian ⓘ scholar ⓘ university professor ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
librarian at City College of New York
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professor at City College of New York ⓘ |
| religion |
Roman Catholicism
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surface form:
Catholic Church
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| roleInWork | editor-in-chief of The Catholic Encyclopedia ⓘ |
| workLocation | New York City ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Charles G. Herbermann Description of subject: Charles G. Herbermann was an American scholar and historian best known for his role in producing and overseeing the early 20th-century Catholic Encyclopedia.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
The Catholic Encyclopedia