George Herbert
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George Herbert was a 17th-century Welsh-born English metaphysical poet and Anglican priest renowned for his deeply devotional, formally inventive religious poetry.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| George Herbert canonical | 7 |
| poet-priest George Herbert | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5424276 — 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: George Herbert Context triple: [John Donne, influenced, George Herbert]
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A.
Francis Quarles
Francis Quarles was a 17th-century English poet best known for his emblematic religious verse and the popular work "Emblems."
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B.
John Donne
John Donne was a leading English metaphysical poet and cleric of the early 17th century, renowned for his complex imagery, intellectual wit, and innovative explorations of love, faith, and mortality.
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C.
Richard Baxter
Richard Baxter was a prominent 17th-century English Puritan church leader, theologian, and writer best known for works like "The Reformed Pastor" and "The Saints' Everlasting Rest."
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D.
Edmund Waller
Edmund Waller was a 17th-century English poet and politician known for his polished, courtly verse and association with the Cavalier poetic tradition.
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E.
Robert Herrick
Robert Herrick was a 17th-century English lyric poet and Anglican cleric best known for his graceful, sensuous verse and the collection "Hesperides."
- 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: George Herbert Target entity description: George Herbert was a 17th-century Welsh-born English metaphysical poet and Anglican priest renowned for his deeply devotional, formally inventive religious poetry.
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A.
Francis Quarles
Francis Quarles was a 17th-century English poet best known for his emblematic religious verse and the popular work "Emblems."
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B.
John Donne
John Donne was a leading English metaphysical poet and cleric of the early 17th century, renowned for his complex imagery, intellectual wit, and innovative explorations of love, faith, and mortality.
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C.
Richard Baxter
Richard Baxter was a prominent 17th-century English Puritan church leader, theologian, and writer best known for works like "The Reformed Pastor" and "The Saints' Everlasting Rest."
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D.
Edmund Waller
Edmund Waller was a 17th-century English poet and politician known for his polished, courtly verse and association with the Cavalier poetic tradition.
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E.
Robert Herrick
Robert Herrick was a 17th-century English lyric poet and Anglican cleric best known for his graceful, sensuous verse and the collection "Hesperides."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Anglican priest
ⓘ
human ⓘ poet ⓘ |
| academicDegree | Master of Arts ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1593-04-03 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Montgomery, Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Bemerton, Wiltshire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1633-03-01 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Trinity College, Cambridge
ⓘ
Westminster School ⓘ |
| ethnicOrigin | Welsh ⓘ |
| familyName | Herbert NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Richard Herbert NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
devotional poetry
ⓘ
religious poetry ⓘ |
| givenName | George NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
Henry Vaughan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
R. S. Thomas NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard Crashaw NERFINISHED ⓘ T. S. Eliot NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Christian theology
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
John Donne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Church of England clergy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mother | Magdalen Herbert NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | Metaphysical poetry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | George Herbert NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Easter Wings
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Love (III) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Altar NERFINISHED ⓘ The Collar NERFINISHED ⓘ The Pulley NERFINISHED ⓘ The Temple NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
orator
ⓘ
poet ⓘ priest ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Public Orator of the University of Cambridge
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Rector of Bemerton ⓘ |
| religion | Anglicanism ⓘ |
| sibling | Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Jane Danvers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedForm |
lyric poetry
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pattern poem ⓘ |
| writingStyle |
devotional
ⓘ
formally inventive ⓘ metaphysical conceits ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: George Herbert Description of subject: George Herbert was a 17th-century Welsh-born English metaphysical poet and Anglican priest renowned for his deeply devotional, formally inventive religious poetry.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
poet-priest George Herbert