William Smith (lexicographer)
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William Smith was a 19th-century Scottish lexicographer best known for his influential Latin-English and Greek-English dictionaries and classical reference works.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| William Smith (author) | 1 |
| William Smith (lexicographer) canonical | 1 |
| William Smith (philologist) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4967332 — 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: William Smith (lexicographer) Context triple: [Aberdeen Grammar School, hasNotableAlumnus, William Smith (lexicographer)]
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William Smith
William Smith was an 18th-century American minister and the father of Abigail Adams, who became the second First Lady of the United States.
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B.
William Smith
William Smith was a 19th-century American religious leader best known as a younger brother of Joseph Smith and an early apostle in the Latter Day Saint movement.
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C.
William Smith
William Smith was a British sealer and explorer credited with the early 19th-century discovery of the South Shetland Islands in the Southern Ocean.
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D.
William Smith of Aberdeen
William Smith of Aberdeen was a 19th-century Scottish architect noted for his significant contributions to Victorian architecture, including work on royal and public buildings.
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E.
William Jones (philologist)
William Jones (philologist) was an 18th-century British scholar and linguist best known for proposing the common origin of Indo-European languages, laying the foundation for comparative linguistics.
- 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: William Smith (lexicographer) Target entity description: William Smith was a 19th-century Scottish lexicographer best known for his influential Latin-English and Greek-English dictionaries and classical reference works.
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A.
William Smith
William Smith was an 18th-century American minister and the father of Abigail Adams, who became the second First Lady of the United States.
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B.
William Smith
William Smith was a 19th-century American religious leader best known as a younger brother of Joseph Smith and an early apostle in the Latter Day Saint movement.
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C.
William Smith
William Smith was a British sealer and explorer credited with the early 19th-century discovery of the South Shetland Islands in the Southern Ocean.
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D.
William Smith of Aberdeen
William Smith of Aberdeen was a 19th-century Scottish architect noted for his significant contributions to Victorian architecture, including work on royal and public buildings.
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E.
William Jones (philologist)
William Jones (philologist) was an 18th-century British scholar and linguist best known for proposing the common origin of Indo-European languages, laying the foundation for comparative linguistics.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
19th-century scholar
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British person ⓘ biographer ⓘ classicist ⓘ editor ⓘ lexicographer ⓘ |
| areaOfInfluence | classical education in the English-speaking world ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1813 ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 19th century ⓘ |
| contributedTo | popularization of classical knowledge in English ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1893 ⓘ |
| era | Victorian era ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
classical philology
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classical studies ⓘ lexicography ⓘ reference publishing ⓘ |
| genre |
biographical reference
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dictionary ⓘ encyclopedic reference ⓘ |
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| influenced |
19th-century classical scholarship
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study of Greek in British schools ⓘ study of Latin in British schools ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Greek–English dictionaries
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Latin–English dictionaries ⓘ biographical dictionaries of classical antiquity ⓘ classical reference works ⓘ |
| languageOfWork |
Ancient Greek
NERFINISHED
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English ⓘ Latin ⓘ |
| name | William Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality |
British
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Scottish ⓘ |
| notability | produced standard classical reference works used for generations ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities
NERFINISHED
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A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology NERFINISHED ⓘ A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography NERFINISHED ⓘ Greek–English Dictionary NERFINISHED ⓘ Latin–English Dictionary NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
classical scholar
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editor ⓘ lexicographer ⓘ |
| specialization |
Greco-Roman biography
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Greco-Roman history ⓘ classical antiquity ⓘ classical mythology ⓘ |
| subjectOf | studies in the history of classical scholarship ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: William Smith (lexicographer) Description of subject: William Smith was a 19th-century Scottish lexicographer best known for his influential Latin-English and Greek-English dictionaries and classical reference works.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
William Smith (author)
this entity surface form:
William Smith (philologist)