Christian de Duve
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Christian de Duve was a Belgian biochemist and cell biologist, Nobel laureate, and pioneer in the discovery of cellular organelles such as lysosomes and peroxisomes.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Christian de Duve canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4661835 — 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: Christian de Duve Context triple: [Francqui Prize, notableRecipient, Christian de Duve]
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A.
Jean-Claude Perrin
Jean-Claude Perrin is a French former pole vaulter and athletics coach known for his contributions to French track and field.
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B.
Johannes van der Meer
Johannes van der Meer is another name for Johannes Vermeer, the renowned 17th-century Dutch painter celebrated for his masterful use of light and intimate domestic interior scenes.
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C.
Claude Janssen
Claude Janssen is a French business leader and academic figure best known as one of the co-founders who helped establish INSEAD as a leading international business school.
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D.
Hans Kehrl
Hans Kehrl was a German economist and industrial manager who became a prominent Nazi official involved in economic planning and armaments production during the Third Reich.
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E.
Marc Henneaux
Marc Henneaux is a Belgian theoretical physicist renowned for his work on gauge theories, gravity, and the foundations of classical and quantum field theory.
- 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: Christian de Duve Target entity description: Christian de Duve was a Belgian biochemist and cell biologist, Nobel laureate, and pioneer in the discovery of cellular organelles such as lysosomes and peroxisomes.
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A.
Jean-Claude Perrin
Jean-Claude Perrin is a French former pole vaulter and athletics coach known for his contributions to French track and field.
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B.
Johannes van der Meer
Johannes van der Meer is another name for Johannes Vermeer, the renowned 17th-century Dutch painter celebrated for his masterful use of light and intimate domestic interior scenes.
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C.
Claude Janssen
Claude Janssen is a French business leader and academic figure best known as one of the co-founders who helped establish INSEAD as a leading international business school.
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D.
Hans Kehrl
Hans Kehrl was a German economist and industrial manager who became a prominent Nazi official involved in economic planning and armaments production during the Third Reich.
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E.
Marc Henneaux
Marc Henneaux is a Belgian theoretical physicist renowned for his work on gauge theories, gravity, and the foundations of classical and quantum field theory.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Nobel laureate
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biochemist ⓘ cell biologist ⓘ human ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Gairdner Foundation International Award
NERFINISHED
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Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize NERFINISHED ⓘ Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine ⓘ |
| citizenship | Belgium NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | Belgium NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1917-10-02 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2013-05-04 ⓘ |
| developedConcept | lysosomal storage diseases ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Catholic University of Leuven
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cambridge University ⓘ
surface form:
University of Cambridge
University of Leuven Faculty of Medicine NERFINISHED ⓘ Washington University in St. Louis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer |
Catholic University of Leuven
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Rockefeller University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | de Duve NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
biochemistry
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cell biology ⓘ |
| founded | International Institute of Cellular and Molecular Pathology NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Christian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
discovery of lysosomes
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discovery of peroxisomes ⓘ research on cellular organelles ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
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French ⓘ |
| laterNameOfFoundedInstitution | de Duve Institute NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memberOf |
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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National Academy of Sciences ⓘ Pontifical Academy of Sciences NERFINISHED ⓘ Royal Academy of Medicine of Belgium NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Christian de Duve NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| NobelPrizeCategory | Physiology or Medicine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| NobelPrizeSharedWith |
Albert Claude
NERFINISHED
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George E. Palade NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| NobelPrizeYear | 1974 ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A Guided Tour of the Living Cell
NERFINISHED
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Blueprint for a Cell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
researcher
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university teacher ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Thames Ditton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Nethen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousBackground | Roman Catholic family ⓘ |
| researchFocus |
enzyme localization in cells
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subcellular fractionation ⓘ |
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