George Archer-Shee
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George Archer-Shee was a young British naval cadet whose wrongful accusation of theft led to a famous early 20th-century legal case that inspired Terence Rattigan’s play "The Winslow Boy."
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| George Archer-Shee canonical | 4 |
| Martin Archer-Shee | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4808659 — 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.
Target entity: George Archer-Shee Context triple: [Archer-Shee case, mainSubject, George Archer-Shee]
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Robert Cornthwaite
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Alastair Grahame
Alastair Grahame was the only son of British author Kenneth Grahame, whose troubled life and early death are often linked to the darker undercurrents in his father's classic work "The Wind in the Willows."
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William Sharp
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William Sharp
William Sharp was a Scottish poet, biographer, and literary figure of the late 19th century, also known for publishing mystical and Celtic-themed works under the pseudonym Fiona Macleod.
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Alan Lennox-Boyd
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: George Archer-Shee Target entity description: George Archer-Shee was a young British naval cadet whose wrongful accusation of theft led to a famous early 20th-century legal case that inspired Terence Rattigan’s play "The Winslow Boy."
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A.
Robert Cornthwaite
Robert Cornthwaite was an American character actor best known for his roles in 1950s science fiction films and numerous television appearances.
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B.
Alastair Grahame
Alastair Grahame was the only son of British author Kenneth Grahame, whose troubled life and early death are often linked to the darker undercurrents in his father's classic work "The Wind in the Willows."
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C.
William Sharp
William Sharp was an 18th-century English surgeon and musician, best known as the brother of abolitionist Granville Sharp and a member of the prominent Sharp family circle.
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D.
William Sharp
William Sharp was a Scottish poet, biographer, and literary figure of the late 19th century, also known for publishing mystical and Celtic-themed works under the pseudonym Fiona Macleod.
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E.
Alan Lennox-Boyd
Alan Lennox-Boyd was a British Conservative politician best known for serving as Colonial Secretary during the 1950s, overseeing key stages of decolonisation in the British Empire.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British person
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naval cadet ⓘ person ⓘ |
| allegation | theft of a five-shilling postal order ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1895 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1914 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Royal Naval College, Osborne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | Royal Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Archer-Shee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Martin Archer-Shee Sr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | George NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCause | wrongful accusation of stealing a postal order ⓘ |
| hasLegalRepresentation | Edward Carson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
British legal history
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civil liberties in the United Kingdom ⓘ miscarriage of justice ⓘ |
| inspiredWork |
"The Winslow Boy"
NERFINISHED
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film adaptations of "The Winslow Boy" ⓘ |
| legalOutcome | exoneration ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | killed in action ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | British Army ⓘ |
| militaryRank | second lieutenant ⓘ |
| mother | Helen Archer-Shee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent | clearing of his name in High Court ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being wrongfully accused of theft as a naval cadet
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inspiring Terence Rattigan’s play "The Winslow Boy" ⓘ the legal case Archer-Shee v. The King ⓘ |
| occupation | naval cadet ⓘ |
| participantIn |
Archer-Shee v. The King
NERFINISHED
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First World War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Bristol NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | First World War battlefield in Belgium ⓘ |
| relative | Martin Archer-Shee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sibling | Martin Archer-Shee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
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Subject: George Archer-Shee Description of subject: George Archer-Shee was a young British naval cadet whose wrongful accusation of theft led to a famous early 20th-century legal case that inspired Terence Rattigan’s play "The Winslow Boy."
Referenced by (6)
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