William Herndon
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William Herndon was Abraham Lincoln’s longtime law partner and one of his earliest biographers, known for preserving key insights into Lincoln’s life and character.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| William H. Herndon | 4 |
| William Herndon canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T385757 — 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: William Herndon Context triple: [Oak Ridge Cemetery, hasNotableBurial, William Herndon]
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Wendell Phillips
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Calvin Ellis Stowe
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James Church
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Horace Greeley
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: William Herndon Target entity description: William Herndon was Abraham Lincoln’s longtime law partner and one of his earliest biographers, known for preserving key insights into Lincoln’s life and character.
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A.
Wendell Phillips
Wendell Phillips was a prominent 19th-century American abolitionist and orator known for his powerful speeches against slavery and advocacy for social reform.
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B.
Calvin Ellis Stowe
Calvin Ellis Stowe was an American biblical scholar and professor best known for his influential work in religious education and as the husband of author Harriet Beecher Stowe.
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C.
Carroll D. Wright
Carroll D. Wright was a prominent American statistician and social reformer who served as the first U.S. Commissioner of Labor and became influential for his pioneering work in labor statistics and industrial relations.
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D.
James Church
James Church is the pseudonym of a former Western intelligence officer known for his critically acclaimed Inspector O series of detective novels set in North Korea.
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E.
Horace Greeley
Horace Greeley was a prominent 19th-century American newspaper editor, founder of the New-York Tribune, and influential political figure known for the phrase "Go West, young man."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
biographer
ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ person ⓘ |
| activeIn |
19th-century American law
ⓘ
19th-century American politics ⓘ |
| archiveContains |
Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum
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surface form:
Herndon-Weik collection on Abraham Lincoln
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| birthDate | 1818-12-25 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Greensburg, Kentucky ⓘ |
| coFounded | Lincoln & Herndon law firm ⓘ |
| collected |
letters and reminiscences about Abraham Lincoln
ⓘ
oral histories about Abraham Lincoln ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1891-03-18 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Springfield, Illinois ⓘ |
| described |
Abraham Lincoln’s early life in Kentucky and Indiana
ⓘ
Abraham Lincoln’s marriage and family life ⓘ Abraham Lincoln’s personality ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Illinois College ⓘ |
| familyName | Herndon ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
biographical writing
ⓘ
history ⓘ law ⓘ |
| genre | biography ⓘ |
| givenName | William ⓘ |
| hasNotableStudentOrAssociate | Jesse W. Weik ⓘ |
| influenced | later Lincoln biographers ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being Abraham Lincoln’s longtime law partner
ⓘ
being one of Abraham Lincoln’s earliest biographers ⓘ preserving key insights into Abraham Lincoln’s life and character ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| lawPartnerOf | Abraham Lincoln ⓘ |
| name | William Herndon self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Herndon’s Life of Lincoln
ⓘ
Herndon’s Lincoln ⓘ |
| occupation |
biographer
ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| partner | Abraham Lincoln ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment |
Republican Party
ⓘ
surface form:
Republican
abolitionist ⓘ |
| position | junior partner in Lincoln & Herndon ⓘ |
| residence | Springfield, Illinois ⓘ |
| spouse | Mary Maxcy Herndon ⓘ |
| subjectOf | scholarly studies on Lincoln’s early biographers ⓘ |
| workedWith | Abraham Lincoln ⓘ |
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Subject: William Herndon Description of subject: William Herndon was Abraham Lincoln’s longtime law partner and one of his earliest biographers, known for preserving key insights into Lincoln’s life and character.
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