Walter Bodmer
E417418
Walter Bodmer is a prominent British human geneticist and immunologist known for his influential work on the genetics of human populations and cancer.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Walter Bodmer canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4154129 — 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: Walter Bodmer Context triple: [National Institute for Medical Research, employerOf, Walter Bodmer]
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A.
Burkhard Dallwitz
Burkhard Dallwitz is an Australian-based composer best known for his award-winning film and television scores, including his work on "The Truman Show."
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B.
Thomas Gerdine
Thomas Gerdine was an early mountaineer known for making the first recorded ascent of Glacier Peak in Washington State.
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C.
Kenneth Hayes Miller
Kenneth Hayes Miller was an influential American painter and teacher associated with the Ashcan School, known for his urban genre scenes and for mentoring many prominent 20th-century artists.
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D.
Joseph Wertheim
Joseph Wertheim is one of the children of American investment banker and philanthropist Maurice Wertheim.
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E.
Walter Meierjohann
Walter Meierjohann is a theatre director known for his innovative, visually driven productions and leadership roles in European and UK theatre institutions.
- 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: Walter Bodmer Target entity description: Walter Bodmer is a prominent British human geneticist and immunologist known for his influential work on the genetics of human populations and cancer.
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A.
Burkhard Dallwitz
Burkhard Dallwitz is an Australian-based composer best known for his award-winning film and television scores, including his work on "The Truman Show."
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B.
Thomas Gerdine
Thomas Gerdine was an early mountaineer known for making the first recorded ascent of Glacier Peak in Washington State.
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C.
Kenneth Hayes Miller
Kenneth Hayes Miller was an influential American painter and teacher associated with the Ashcan School, known for his urban genre scenes and for mentoring many prominent 20th-century artists.
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D.
Joseph Wertheim
Joseph Wertheim is one of the children of American investment banker and philanthropist Maurice Wertheim.
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E.
Walter Meierjohann
Walter Meierjohann is a theatre director known for his innovative, visually driven productions and leadership roles in European and UK theatre institutions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic
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geneticist ⓘ human ⓘ immunologist ⓘ scientist ⓘ |
| academicDegree | PhD ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS)
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surface form:
Fellow of the Royal Society
Gairdner Foundation International Award ⓘ Royal Medal ⓘ |
| coAuthor | Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Germany
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United Kingdom ⓘ |
| doctoralAdvisor |
Ronald A. Fisher
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surface form:
Ronald Aylmer Fisher
|
| educatedAt |
Clare College, Cambridge
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cambridge University ⓘ
surface form:
University of Cambridge
|
| employer |
Institute of Cancer Research
ⓘ
surface form:
Imperial Cancer Research Fund
Institute of Cancer Research ⓘ University of Oxford ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | German-British ⓘ |
| familyName | Bodmer ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
cancer genetics
ⓘ
human genetics ⓘ immunology ⓘ population genetics ⓘ statistical genetics ⓘ |
| givenName | Walter ⓘ |
| hasHonorificSuffix |
FMedSci
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FRS ⓘ FRSE ⓘ |
| honorificTitle | Sir ⓘ |
| knownFor |
promoting public understanding of genetics
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research on cancer genetics ⓘ research on human leukocyte antigen (HLA) system ⓘ research on the genetics of human populations ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
ⓘ
German ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Academia Europaea
ⓘ
Royal Society ⓘ |
| name | Walter Bodmer self-link ⓘ |
| notableStudent | John Bell (immunologist) ⓘ |
| notableWork | The Genetics of Human Populations ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Frankfurt am Main NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Director of Research at the Imperial Cancer Research Fund
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Director-General of the Imperial Cancer Research Fund ⓘ Head of the Department of Genetics at the University of Oxford ⓘ Principal of Hertford College, Oxford ⓘ Professor of Genetics at the University of Oxford ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
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: Walter Bodmer Description of subject: Walter Bodmer is a prominent British human geneticist and immunologist known for his influential work on the genetics of human populations and cancer.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.