Frédéric Le Play
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Frédéric Le Play was a 19th-century French engineer, sociologist, and social reformer known for his pioneering empirical studies of working-class family budgets and his influence on social science and public policy in France.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Frédéric Le Play canonical | 2 |
| Pierre Guillaume Frédéric Le Play | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3952577 — 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: Frédéric Le Play Context triple: [1867 Exposition Universelle, architect, Frédéric Le Play]
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A.
Henri de Saint-Simon
Henri de Saint-Simon was a pioneering French social theorist whose early socialist and positivist ideas helped lay the groundwork for modern sociology and influenced thinkers like Auguste Comte.
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B.
Gabriel Tarde
Gabriel Tarde was a French sociologist, criminologist, and social theorist known for his work on imitation, innovation, and the micro-dynamics of social interaction.
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C.
Marcel Mauss
Marcel Mauss was a pioneering French sociologist and anthropologist best known for his seminal work on gift exchange and social reciprocity, which profoundly shaped structuralist and modern social theory.
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D.
Hippolyte Taine
Hippolyte Taine was a 19th-century French philosopher, historian, and literary critic known for his deterministic approach to history and literature, emphasizing the roles of race, milieu, and moment in shaping human behavior and culture.
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E.
Émile Durkheim
Émile Durkheim was a pioneering French sociologist whose work on social cohesion, religion, and collective consciousness helped establish sociology as a distinct academic discipline.
- 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: Frédéric Le Play Target entity description: Frédéric Le Play was a 19th-century French engineer, sociologist, and social reformer known for his pioneering empirical studies of working-class family budgets and his influence on social science and public policy in France.
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A.
Henri de Saint-Simon
Henri de Saint-Simon was a pioneering French social theorist whose early socialist and positivist ideas helped lay the groundwork for modern sociology and influenced thinkers like Auguste Comte.
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B.
Gabriel Tarde
Gabriel Tarde was a French sociologist, criminologist, and social theorist known for his work on imitation, innovation, and the micro-dynamics of social interaction.
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C.
Marcel Mauss
Marcel Mauss was a pioneering French sociologist and anthropologist best known for his seminal work on gift exchange and social reciprocity, which profoundly shaped structuralist and modern social theory.
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D.
Hippolyte Taine
Hippolyte Taine was a 19th-century French philosopher, historian, and literary critic known for his deterministic approach to history and literature, emphasizing the roles of race, milieu, and moment in shaping human behavior and culture.
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E.
Émile Durkheim
Émile Durkheim was a pioneering French sociologist whose work on social cohesion, religion, and collective consciousness helped establish sociology as a distinct academic discipline.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (55)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
engineer
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human ⓘ social reformer ⓘ sociologist ⓘ |
| authorOf | Les Ouvriers européens ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | France ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1806-04-11 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1882-04-05 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
École Polytechnique
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École des Mines de Paris ⓘ |
| employer |
French Corps des mines
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surface form:
Corps des mines (France)
French administration ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | French ⓘ |
| familyName | Le Play ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
family budget studies
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mining engineering ⓘ social reform ⓘ social statistics ⓘ sociology ⓘ |
| givenName | Frédéric ⓘ |
| hasWorkAsSubject |
family economy
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industrial workers ⓘ working-class families in Europe ⓘ |
| ideology | conservatism ⓘ |
| influenced |
Catholic social teaching
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surface form:
Catholic social thought
French social policy in the 19th century ⓘ development of empirical sociology ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | French ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques
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surface form:
Académie des sciences morales et politiques
French Corps des mines ⓘ
surface form:
Corps des mines
|
| methodologicalContribution |
monographic family case studies
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systematic collection of family budgets ⓘ |
| movement | social Catholicism ⓘ |
| name |
Frédéric Le Play
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Pierre Guillaume Frédéric Le Play
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| nativeLanguage | French ⓘ |
| notableFor |
influence on public policy in France
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influence on social science in France ⓘ pioneering empirical studies of working-class family budgets ⓘ |
| notableWork | Les Ouvriers européens ⓘ |
| occupation |
civil servant
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mining engineer ⓘ social reformer ⓘ sociologist ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Calvados
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France ⓘ La Rivière-Saint-Sauveur ⓘ Normandy ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
France
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Paris ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Conseiller d'État
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surface form:
Conseiller d’État
professor at École des Mines de Paris ⓘ senator of the Second French Empire ⓘ |
| publicationDateOfNotableWork | 1855 ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
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Subject: Frédéric Le Play Description of subject: Frédéric Le Play was a 19th-century French engineer, sociologist, and social reformer known for his pioneering empirical studies of working-class family budgets and his influence on social science and public policy in France.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Pierre Guillaume Frédéric Le Play