Spottswood William Robinson III
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Spottswood William Robinson III was a prominent American civil rights attorney, law professor, and federal judge known for his key role in landmark desegregation cases, including Brown v. Board of Education.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Spottswood William Robinson III canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5172622 — 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: Spottswood William Robinson III Context triple: [Spottswood W. Robinson III, fullName, Spottswood William Robinson III]
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A.
Holton D. Robinson
Holton D. Robinson was an American civil engineer noted for his work on major suspension bridges in the early 20th century.
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B.
Rufus W. Peckham
Rufus W. Peckham was a U.S. Supreme Court Justice best known for authoring the opinion in Lochner v. New York and for his strong support of economic liberty and limited government regulation during the Lochner era.
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C.
Alonzo B. Cornell
Alonzo B. Cornell was an American politician and businessman who served as governor of New York in the early 1880s and was a prominent figure in the Republican Party during the Gilded Age.
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D.
Ernest E. Williams
Ernest E. Williams was a zoologist and herpetologist known for his influential research on reptiles and amphibians, particularly lizards, and for his long tenure at Harvard University’s Museum of Comparative Zoology.
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E.
Louis Hayes
Louis Hayes is an American jazz drummer renowned for his work in hard bop and post-bop, performing with leading artists such as Cannonball Adderley, Horace Silver, and Oscar Peterson.
- 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: Spottswood William Robinson III Target entity description: Spottswood William Robinson III was a prominent American civil rights attorney, law professor, and federal judge known for his key role in landmark desegregation cases, including Brown v. Board of Education.
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A.
Holton D. Robinson
Holton D. Robinson was an American civil engineer noted for his work on major suspension bridges in the early 20th century.
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B.
Rufus W. Peckham
Rufus W. Peckham was a U.S. Supreme Court Justice best known for authoring the opinion in Lochner v. New York and for his strong support of economic liberty and limited government regulation during the Lochner era.
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C.
Alonzo B. Cornell
Alonzo B. Cornell was an American politician and businessman who served as governor of New York in the early 1880s and was a prominent figure in the Republican Party during the Gilded Age.
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D.
Ernest E. Williams
Ernest E. Williams was a zoologist and herpetologist known for his influential research on reptiles and amphibians, particularly lizards, and for his long tenure at Harvard University’s Museum of Comparative Zoology.
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E.
Louis Hayes
Louis Hayes is an American jazz drummer renowned for his work in hard bop and post-bop, performing with leading artists such as Cannonball Adderley, Horace Silver, and Oscar Peterson.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
civil rights attorney
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federal judge ⓘ human ⓘ law professor ⓘ |
| appointedBy |
Lyndon B. Johnson
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Richard Nixon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1916-07-26 ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1998-10-11 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Howard University School of Law
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Virginia Union University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer |
Howard University School of Law
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund NERFINISHED ⓘ United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit NERFINISHED ⓘ United States District Court for the District of Columbia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Black Americans
ⓘ
surface form:
African American
|
| familyName | Robinson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | civil rights law ⓘ |
| fullName | Spottswood William Robinson III NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Spottswood NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | National Association for the Advancement of Colored People NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
first African American appointed to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
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first African American appointed to the United States District Court for the District of Columbia ⓘ |
| notableFor |
litigation of school desegregation cases
ⓘ
participation in Brown v. Board of Education ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Brown v. Board of Education
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Davis v. County School Board of Prince Edward County NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
judge
ⓘ
law professor ⓘ lawyer ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Brown v. Board of Education
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Davis v. County School Board of Prince Edward County NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Richmond, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Richmond, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Attorney for NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
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Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit NERFINISHED ⓘ Dean of Howard University School of Law ⓘ Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ⓘ Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia ⓘ Professor at Howard University School of Law ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Richmond, Virginia
NERFINISHED
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Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Spottswood William Robinson III Description of subject: Spottswood William Robinson III was a prominent American civil rights attorney, law professor, and federal judge known for his key role in landmark desegregation cases, including Brown v. Board of Education.
Referenced by (1)
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