Raymond Firth
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Raymond Firth was a prominent New Zealand-born social anthropologist best known for his influential work on economic anthropology and his studies of Tikopia society.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Raymond Firth canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5965846 — 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: Raymond Firth Context triple: [Bronisław Malinowski, influenced, Raymond Firth]
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A.
Ralph Linton
Ralph Linton was an American anthropologist known for his work on culture and personality and for helping popularize key concepts such as status and role in social anthropology.
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B.
Kirkpatrick Durham
Kirkpatrick Durham is a village and civil parish in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, historically associated with the parish of Kirkpatrick.
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C.
Richard Linton
Richard Linton is an American academic administrator and food science scholar who serves as the president of Kansas State University.
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D.
Robert H. Lowie
Robert H. Lowie was a prominent early 20th-century American anthropologist known for his influential studies of Native American cultures and his contributions to cultural anthropology theory.
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E.
Bronisław Malinowski
Bronisław Malinowski was a pioneering Polish-British anthropologist whose fieldwork in the Trobriand Islands helped establish modern social anthropology and the method of participant observation.
- 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: Raymond Firth Target entity description: Raymond Firth was a prominent New Zealand-born social anthropologist best known for his influential work on economic anthropology and his studies of Tikopia society.
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A.
Ralph Linton
Ralph Linton was an American anthropologist known for his work on culture and personality and for helping popularize key concepts such as status and role in social anthropology.
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B.
Kirkpatrick Durham
Kirkpatrick Durham is a village and civil parish in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, historically associated with the parish of Kirkpatrick.
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C.
Richard Linton
Richard Linton is an American academic administrator and food science scholar who serves as the president of Kansas State University.
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D.
Robert H. Lowie
Robert H. Lowie was a prominent early 20th-century American anthropologist known for his influential studies of Native American cultures and his contributions to cultural anthropology theory.
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E.
Bronisław Malinowski
Bronisław Malinowski was a pioneering Polish-British anthropologist whose fieldwork in the Trobriand Islands helped establish modern social anthropology and the method of participant observation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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social anthropologist ⓘ |
| academicDegree |
Bachelor of Arts
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Doctor of Philosophy ⓘ Master of Arts ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Fellow of the British Academy
NERFINISHED
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Knight Bachelor ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | New Zealand NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
New Zealand
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United Kingdom ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1901-03-25 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2002-02-22 ⓘ |
| doctoralAdvisor | Bronisław Malinowski NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Auckland Grammar School
NERFINISHED
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Auckland University College NERFINISHED ⓘ London School of Economics ⓘ |
| employer |
London School of Economics
NERFINISHED
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University of Sydney NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | New Zealander of European descent ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
economic anthropology
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ethnography ⓘ social anthropology ⓘ |
| honorificTitle | Sir NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
contributions to economic anthropology
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studies of Tikopia society ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
British Academy
NERFINISHED
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Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableStudent |
Edmund Leach
NERFINISHED
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Maurice Godelier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Economics of the New Zealand Maori
NERFINISHED
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Elements of Social Organization NERFINISHED ⓘ Primitive Polynesian Economy NERFINISHED ⓘ Tikopia Ritual and Belief NERFINISHED ⓘ We, the Tikopia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Auckland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
London, England
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surface form:
London
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| positionHeld |
Head of Department of Anthropology at the London School of Economics
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Professor of Anthropology at the University of Sydney ⓘ Professor of Social Anthropology at the London School of Economics ⓘ |
| researchFocus |
Polynesian societies
NERFINISHED
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Tikopia kinship and social structure ⓘ economic organization in small-scale societies ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
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