James Legge
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James Legge was a 19th-century Scottish sinologist, missionary, and pioneering translator of the Chinese classics into English.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| James Legge canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6361151 — 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: James Legge Context triple: [Holywell Cemetery, Oxford, hasNotableBurial, James Legge]
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Edward William Lane
Edward William Lane was a 19th-century British Orientalist and translator best known for his influential Arabic–English lexicon and his English rendition of "One Thousand and One Nights."
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B.
William Smith (translator)
William Smith was a Scottish classical scholar and translator, best known for his English translations of ancient Greek texts.
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Brooke Foss Westcott
Brooke Foss Westcott was a 19th-century British bishop, biblical scholar, and textual critic best known for his influential work on the Greek New Testament and its manuscript traditions.
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Benjamin Jowett
Benjamin Jowett was a renowned 19th-century English theologian, classical scholar, and translator of Plato who served as Master of Balliol College, Oxford.
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C. H. Dodd
C. H. Dodd was a prominent 20th-century British New Testament scholar and theologian known for his influential work on the Gospel of John, realized eschatology, and the historical interpretation of Christian doctrine.
- 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: James Legge Target entity description: James Legge was a 19th-century Scottish sinologist, missionary, and pioneering translator of the Chinese classics into English.
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A.
Edward William Lane
Edward William Lane was a 19th-century British Orientalist and translator best known for his influential Arabic–English lexicon and his English rendition of "One Thousand and One Nights."
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B.
William Smith (translator)
William Smith was a Scottish classical scholar and translator, best known for his English translations of ancient Greek texts.
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C.
Brooke Foss Westcott
Brooke Foss Westcott was a 19th-century British bishop, biblical scholar, and textual critic best known for his influential work on the Greek New Testament and its manuscript traditions.
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D.
Benjamin Jowett
Benjamin Jowett was a renowned 19th-century English theologian, classical scholar, and translator of Plato who served as Master of Balliol College, Oxford.
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E.
C. H. Dodd
C. H. Dodd was a prominent 20th-century British New Testament scholar and theologian known for his influential work on the Gospel of John, realized eschatology, and the historical interpretation of Christian doctrine.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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missionary ⓘ sinologist ⓘ translator ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1815-12-20 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1897-11-29 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Highbury College
NERFINISHED
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King's College, Aberdeen NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Aberdeen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer |
London Missionary Society
NERFINISHED
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University of Oxford ⓘ |
| era | 19th century ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Scottish ⓘ |
| familyName | Legge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Chinese studies
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Sinology ⓘ translation of Chinese classics ⓘ |
| givenName | James ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
Chinese
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English ⓘ |
| memberOf | London Missionary Society NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | James Legge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
Helped establish Chinese studies as an academic discipline in Britain
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Produced pioneering English translations of the Chinese classics ⓘ |
| notableRole | First Professor of Chinese at the University of Oxford ⓘ |
| notableWork |
The Chinese Classics
NERFINISHED
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Translation of the Book of Documents (Shujing) NERFINISHED ⓘ Translation of the Book of Odes (Shijing) NERFINISHED ⓘ Translation of the Book of Rites (Liji) NERFINISHED ⓘ Translation of the Confucian Analects NERFINISHED ⓘ Translation of the Four Books NERFINISHED ⓘ Translation of the I Ching (Yijing) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
missionary
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sinologist ⓘ translator ⓘ university professor ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Professor of Chinese at the University of Oxford ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| residence |
Hong Kong
NERFINISHED
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Oxford, England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Hannah Mary Johnstone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Hong Kong
NERFINISHED
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Malacca NERFINISHED ⓘ Oxford, England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: James Legge Description of subject: James Legge was a 19th-century Scottish sinologist, missionary, and pioneering translator of the Chinese classics into English.
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