William Spottiswoode
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William Spottiswoode was a 19th-century British mathematician, physicist, and printer who served as President of the Royal Society and made notable contributions to the study of optics and mathematical physics.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| William Spottiswoode canonical | 3 |
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Fellow of the Royal Society
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human ⓘ mathematician ⓘ physicist ⓘ printer ⓘ |
| areaOfInfluence | British scientific community ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 19th century ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United Kingdom
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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ |
| employer |
Royal Society
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Spottiswoode printing firm ⓘ |
| familyName | Spottiswoode ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
mathematical physics
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mathematics ⓘ optics ⓘ physics ⓘ |
| givenName | William ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Royal Society ⓘ |
| name | William Spottiswoode self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableAchievement | leadership of the Royal Society ⓘ |
| notableWork |
research in mathematical physics
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research on optics ⓘ |
| occupation |
mathematician
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physicist ⓘ printer ⓘ |
| positionHeld | President of the Royal Society ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workLocation |
London, England
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surface form:
London
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: William Spottiswoode Description of subject: William Spottiswoode was a 19th-century British mathematician, physicist, and printer who served as President of the Royal Society and made notable contributions to the study of optics and mathematical physics.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.