Colley Cibber
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Colley Cibber was an English actor-manager, playwright, and essayist of the early 18th century, best known for his comedies and his controversial prominence in the London theatrical world.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Colley Cibber canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5310754 — 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: Colley Cibber Context triple: [Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom, hasHolder, Colley Cibber]
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A.
David Garrick
David Garrick was an 18th-century English actor, playwright, and influential theatre manager renowned for revolutionizing stage acting and popularizing Shakespeare’s works.
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B.
Nicholas Rowe
Nicholas Rowe is a British actor best known for his film and television roles, including his early portrayal of the title character in "Young Sherlock Holmes."
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C.
Nicholas Rowe
Nicholas Rowe was an English dramatist, poet, and editor best known for his tragedies and for producing an influential early edition of Shakespeare’s works.
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D.
Sir William Congreve
Sir William Congreve was a British military inventor and artillery officer best known for developing the Congreve rocket, an early and influential form of military rocket artillery in the early 19th century.
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E.
William Congreve
William Congreve was an English Restoration playwright renowned for his sharp wit and influential comedies of manners, such as "The Way of the World."
- 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: Colley Cibber Target entity description: Colley Cibber was an English actor-manager, playwright, and essayist of the early 18th century, best known for his comedies and his controversial prominence in the London theatrical world.
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A.
David Garrick
David Garrick was an 18th-century English actor, playwright, and influential theatre manager renowned for revolutionizing stage acting and popularizing Shakespeare’s works.
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B.
Nicholas Rowe
Nicholas Rowe is a British actor best known for his film and television roles, including his early portrayal of the title character in "Young Sherlock Holmes."
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C.
Nicholas Rowe
Nicholas Rowe was an English dramatist, poet, and editor best known for his tragedies and for producing an influential early edition of Shakespeare’s works.
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D.
Sir William Congreve
Sir William Congreve was a British military inventor and artillery officer best known for developing the Congreve rocket, an early and influential form of military rocket artillery in the early 19th century.
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E.
William Congreve
William Congreve was an English Restoration playwright renowned for his sharp wit and influential comedies of manners, such as "The Way of the World."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
English actor
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Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom ⓘ essayist ⓘ person ⓘ playwright ⓘ theatre manager ⓘ |
| co-managerOf | Theatre Royal, Drury Lane NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1671-11-06 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1757-12-11 ⓘ |
| describedBySource |
Encyclopaedia Britannica
NERFINISHED
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Oxford Dictionary of National Biography NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | Theatre Royal, Drury Lane NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endTime | 1757 ⓘ |
| father | Caius Gabriel Cibber NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
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theatre ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| movement |
Augustan literature
NERFINISHED
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Restoration comedy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
London theatre management
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comic acting ⓘ controversial appointment as Poet Laureate ⓘ |
| notableRole | Lord Foppington NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
An Apology for the Life of Colley Cibber
NERFINISHED
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Love's Last Shift NERFINISHED ⓘ The Careless Husband NERFINISHED ⓘ The Non-Juror NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
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essayist ⓘ memoirist ⓘ playwright ⓘ theatre manager ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Kingdom of England
NERFINISHED
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London, England ⓘ
surface form:
London
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| placeOfDeath |
Kingdom of Great Britain
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
London, England ⓘ
surface form:
London
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| positionHeld | Poet Laureate of Great Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Katherine Shore NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startTime | 1730 ⓘ |
| subjectOf | The Dunciad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wrote |
An Apology for the Life of Colley Cibber
NERFINISHED
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Love's Last Shift NERFINISHED ⓘ The Careless Husband NERFINISHED ⓘ The Non-Juror NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Colley Cibber Description of subject: Colley Cibber was an English actor-manager, playwright, and essayist of the early 18th century, best known for his comedies and his controversial prominence in the London theatrical world.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.