Francis James Child
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Francis James Child was a 19th-century American scholar and folklorist best known for compiling the influential collection of traditional English and Scottish ballads known as the "Child Ballads."
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| Francis James Child canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Francis James Child Context triple: [Child, hasNotableBearer, Francis James Child]
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Cecil Sharp
Cecil Sharp was an influential English folk song and dance collector and musicologist who played a key role in the early 20th-century folk revival in England.
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Arthur Housman
Arthur Housman was an American character actor of the silent and early sound film era, best remembered for his frequent portrayals of comic drunkards in numerous Hollywood movies.
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A. E. Housman
A. E. Housman was an English classical scholar and poet best known for his lyrical and elegiac collection "A Shropshire Lad," which has had lasting influence on 20th-century poetry.
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Francis Thompson
Francis Thompson was a 19th-century British railway architect known for designing several major stations during the early expansion of the railway network in the United Kingdom.
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John Greenleaf Whittier
John Greenleaf Whittier was a prominent 19th-century American Quaker poet and abolitionist best known for his anti-slavery writings and New England regional verse.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Francis James Child Target entity description: Francis James Child was a 19th-century American scholar and folklorist best known for compiling the influential collection of traditional English and Scottish ballads known as the "Child Ballads."
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A.
Cecil Sharp
Cecil Sharp was an influential English folk song and dance collector and musicologist who played a key role in the early 20th-century folk revival in England.
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B.
Arthur Housman
Arthur Housman was an American character actor of the silent and early sound film era, best remembered for his frequent portrayals of comic drunkards in numerous Hollywood movies.
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C.
A. E. Housman
A. E. Housman was an English classical scholar and poet best known for his lyrical and elegiac collection "A Shropshire Lad," which has had lasting influence on 20th-century poetry.
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D.
Francis Thompson
Francis Thompson was a 19th-century British railway architect known for designing several major stations during the early expansion of the railway network in the United Kingdom.
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E.
John Greenleaf Whittier
John Greenleaf Whittier was a prominent 19th-century American Quaker poet and abolitionist best known for his anti-slavery writings and New England regional verse.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
folklorist
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human ⓘ literary critic ⓘ scholar ⓘ university professor ⓘ |
| collectionSubject |
traditional English ballads
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traditional Scottish ballads ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1825-02-01 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1896-09-11 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Harvard University ⓘ |
| employer | Harvard University ⓘ |
| familyName | Child ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
English literature
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ballad studies ⓘ folklore ⓘ medieval literature ⓘ |
| genre | ballad ⓘ |
| givenName | Francis ⓘ |
| hasPartInWork | 305 traditional ballads (Child Ballads) ⓘ |
| influenced |
20th-century folklore research
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modern ballad scholarship ⓘ |
| knownFor |
The English and Scottish Popular Ballads
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compiling the Child Ballads ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| movement | folklore studies ⓘ |
| name | Francis James Child self-link ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | English ⓘ |
| notableAchievement | systematic classification and numbering of English and Scottish traditional ballads ⓘ |
| notableWork | The English and Scottish Popular Ballads ⓘ |
| occupation |
folklorist
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literary critic ⓘ scholar ⓘ university teacher ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Boston, Massachusetts
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surface form:
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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| placeOfDeath |
Cambridge, Massachusetts
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surface form:
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
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| positionHeld |
Boylston Professor of Rhetoric and Oratory at Harvard University
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Professor of English at Harvard University ⓘ |
| publicationPeriodOfMajorWork | 1882–1898 ⓘ |
| residence |
Boston, Massachusetts
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surface form:
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Cambridge, Massachusetts ⓘ
surface form:
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
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| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Cambridge, Massachusetts
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surface form:
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
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Subject: Francis James Child Description of subject: Francis James Child was a 19th-century American scholar and folklorist best known for compiling the influential collection of traditional English and Scottish ballads known as the "Child Ballads."
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