Lillie Hitchcock Coit
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Lillie Hitchcock Coit was a wealthy San Francisco socialite and eccentric philanthropist best known for her passionate support of the city’s firefighters and for funding the construction of Coit Tower.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Lillie Hitchcock Coit canonical | 8 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T138250 — 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: Lillie Hitchcock Coit Context triple: [Coit Tower, namedAfter, Lillie Hitchcock Coit]
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A.
Lucile Salter Packard
Lucile Salter Packard was an American philanthropist and children’s health advocate whose legacy includes the founding of the Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford.
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B.
Amabel James
Amabel James is known as the spouse of British businessman and hedge fund manager Tony James.
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C.
Margaret Carnegie Miller
Margaret Carnegie Miller was the only child of industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie, known primarily for her role as heir to his fortune and for her own philanthropic activities.
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D.
Mary Benedict Cushing
Mary Benedict Cushing was a prominent American socialite from the influential Cushing family, known for her high-profile marriages into wealthy dynasties including that of Vincent Astor.
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E.
Susan Packard Orr
Susan Packard Orr is an American philanthropist and former technology executive known for her leadership roles in the David and Lucile Packard Foundation and on the board of Hewlett-Packard.
- 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: Lillie Hitchcock Coit Target entity description: Lillie Hitchcock Coit was a wealthy San Francisco socialite and eccentric philanthropist best known for her passionate support of the city’s firefighters and for funding the construction of Coit Tower.
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A.
Lucile Salter Packard
Lucile Salter Packard was an American philanthropist and children’s health advocate whose legacy includes the founding of the Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford.
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B.
Amabel James
Amabel James is known as the spouse of British businessman and hedge fund manager Tony James.
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C.
Margaret Carnegie Miller
Margaret Carnegie Miller was the only child of industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie, known primarily for her role as heir to his fortune and for her own philanthropic activities.
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D.
Mary Benedict Cushing
Mary Benedict Cushing was a prominent American socialite from the influential Cushing family, known for her high-profile marriages into wealthy dynasties including that of Vincent Astor.
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E.
Susan Packard Orr
Susan Packard Orr is an American philanthropist and former technology executive known for her leadership roles in the David and Lucile Packard Foundation and on the board of Hewlett-Packard.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
San Franciscan
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human ⓘ philanthropist ⓘ socialite ⓘ |
| associatedWithBuilding | Coit Tower ⓘ |
| associatedWithPlace |
Telegraph Hill
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surface form:
Telegraph Hill, San Francisco
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| bequestAmount | 118000 ⓘ |
| bequestPurpose | to beautify the city of San Francisco ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1843-08-23 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
West Point, New York
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surface form:
West Point, New York, United States
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| burialPlace | Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, California, United States ⓘ |
| causeOfFame | lifelong advocacy for firefighters in San Francisco ⓘ |
| citizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfResidence | United States of America ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1929-07-22 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
San Francisco
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surface form:
San Francisco, California, United States
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| era |
19th century
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early 20th century ⓘ |
| familyName |
Coit Tower
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surface form:
Coit
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| fullName | Lillie Hitchcock Coit self-link ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| givenName | Lillie ⓘ |
| hasMonument | Coit Tower ⓘ |
| honorificTitle | honorary member of Knickerbocker Engine Company No. 5 ⓘ |
| knownFor |
eccentric philanthropy
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funding the construction of Coit Tower ⓘ support of San Francisco firefighters ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legacy | Coit Tower built on Telegraph Hill in San Francisco ⓘ |
| memberOf | Knickerbocker Engine Company No. 5 ⓘ |
| notableEvent | assisted Knickerbocker Engine Company No. 5 at a fire in her youth ⓘ |
| notableForBehavior |
smoking cigars in public
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wearing men’s clothing on occasion ⓘ |
| notableWork | bequest for Coit Tower ⓘ |
| occupation |
philanthropist
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socialite ⓘ |
| patronage | San Francisco Fire Department ⓘ |
| philanthropicFocus |
firefighting organizations in San Francisco
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public works in San Francisco ⓘ |
| residence |
San Francisco
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surface form:
San Francisco, California, United States
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| spouse | Howard Coit ⓘ |
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Subject: Lillie Hitchcock Coit Description of subject: Lillie Hitchcock Coit was a wealthy San Francisco socialite and eccentric philanthropist best known for her passionate support of the city’s firefighters and for funding the construction of Coit Tower.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, California, United States
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hasNotableBurial
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Lillie Hitchcock Coit
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subject surface form:
Cypress Lawn Memorial Park
subject surface form:
Coit Tower