Max Müller
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Max Müller was a pioneering 19th-century German-born philologist and Orientalist, best known for his influential work on comparative linguistics, the study and translation of Sanskrit texts, and the early development of comparative religion.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Friedrich Max Müller | 2 |
| Max Müller canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6361148 — 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: Max Müller Context triple: [Holywell Cemetery, Oxford, hasNotableBurial, Max Müller]
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A.
Friedrich August Wolf
Friedrich August Wolf was a pioneering German classical philologist best known for his critical work on Homer and for helping to establish philology as a modern academic discipline.
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B.
Guido Keil
Guido Keil was a son of the Portuguese composer and painter Alfredo Keil, likely associated with his father's artistic and cultural milieu.
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C.
Friedrich Ueberweg
Friedrich Ueberweg was a 19th-century German philosopher and historian of philosophy best known for his influential multi-volume "History of Philosophy" and his work in logic and epistemology.
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D.
Friedrich Albert Lange
Friedrich Albert Lange was a 19th-century German philosopher and neo-Kantian thinker best known for his influential work "History of Materialism" and his critical analysis of scientific materialism and epistemology.
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E.
Adolf Bastian
Adolf Bastian was a 19th-century German ethnologist whose comparative studies of cultures and concept of "elementary ideas" helped lay foundational principles for modern anthropology.
- 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: Max Müller Target entity description: Max Müller was a pioneering 19th-century German-born philologist and Orientalist, best known for his influential work on comparative linguistics, the study and translation of Sanskrit texts, and the early development of comparative religion.
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A.
Friedrich August Wolf
Friedrich August Wolf was a pioneering German classical philologist best known for his critical work on Homer and for helping to establish philology as a modern academic discipline.
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B.
Guido Keil
Guido Keil was a son of the Portuguese composer and painter Alfredo Keil, likely associated with his father's artistic and cultural milieu.
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C.
Friedrich Ueberweg
Friedrich Ueberweg was a 19th-century German philosopher and historian of philosophy best known for his influential multi-volume "History of Philosophy" and his work in logic and epistemology.
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D.
Friedrich Albert Lange
Friedrich Albert Lange was a 19th-century German philosopher and neo-Kantian thinker best known for his influential work "History of Materialism" and his critical analysis of scientific materialism and epistemology.
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E.
Adolf Bastian
Adolf Bastian was a 19th-century German ethnologist whose comparative studies of cultures and concept of "elementary ideas" helped lay foundational principles for modern anthropology.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Indologist
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Orientalist ⓘ human ⓘ philologist ⓘ university teacher ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Holywell Cemetery, Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Duchy of Anhalt-Dessau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Germany
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United Kingdom ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1823-12-06 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1900-10-28 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Humboldt University of Berlin
ⓘ
surface form:
University of Berlin
University of Leipzig ⓘ University of Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | University of Oxford ⓘ |
| familyName | Müller NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Wilhelm Müller NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Sanskrit studies
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comparative linguistics ⓘ comparative religion ⓘ mythology ⓘ philology ⓘ |
| givenName |
Friedrich
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Max NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languagesSpokenWritten |
English
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German ⓘ Sanskrit ⓘ |
| movement | comparative philology ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | German ⓘ |
| notableFor |
contributions to comparative linguistics
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editing and translating Sanskrit texts ⓘ pioneering comparative study of religions ⓘ |
| notableIdea | science of religion ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Chips from a German Workshop
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Introduction to the Science of Religion NERFINISHED ⓘ Lectures on the Science of Language NERFINISHED ⓘ Rig-Veda-Samhita: The Sacred Hymns of the Brahmans NERFINISHED ⓘ The Sacred Books of the East NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
Indologist
ⓘ
Orientalist ⓘ philologist ⓘ university professor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Dessau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion |
Protestant Christianity
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surface form:
Protestantism
|
| residence | Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Georgina Adelaide Grenfell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workLocation | Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Max Müller Description of subject: Max Müller was a pioneering 19th-century German-born philologist and Orientalist, best known for his influential work on comparative linguistics, the study and translation of Sanskrit texts, and the early development of comparative religion.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Friedrich Max Müller
this entity surface form:
Friedrich Max Müller