Seabury Quinn
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Seabury Quinn was an American pulp fiction writer best known for his popular occult detective stories featuring Jules de Grandin, which were a mainstay of early 20th-century weird and supernatural literature.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Seabury Quinn canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Seabury Quinn Context triple: [Weird Tales, notableContributor, Seabury Quinn]
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John A. Griswold
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George Deever
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Millard Powers
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Selden Chapin
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Arthur Peppercorn
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Seabury Quinn Target entity description: Seabury Quinn was an American pulp fiction writer best known for his popular occult detective stories featuring Jules de Grandin, which were a mainstay of early 20th-century weird and supernatural literature.
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A.
John A. Griswold
John A. Griswold was a 19th-century American industrialist, U.S. Congressman from New York, and prominent figure in Troy’s iron and steel industry.
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B.
George Deever
George Deever is a pivotal character in Arthur Miller's play "All My Sons," serving as a morally driven figure whose return and accusations help expose the Keller family's buried guilt and wartime wrongdoing.
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C.
Millard Powers
Millard Powers is an American musician best known as the bassist and multi-instrumentalist for the rock band Counting Crows.
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D.
Selden Chapin
Selden Chapin was an American diplomat and career Foreign Service officer who served in several key ambassadorial posts for the United States during the mid-20th century.
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E.
Arthur Peppercorn
Arthur Peppercorn was a prominent British steam locomotive designer who served as the last Chief Mechanical Engineer of the London and North Eastern Railway, overseeing the development of its final express passenger engines.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
horror writer
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human ⓘ pulp fiction writer ⓘ short story writer ⓘ weird fiction writer ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Jules de Grandin
NERFINISHED
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Weird Tales authors ⓘ |
| contributedTo | development of weird fiction ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| employer | Weird Tales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Quinn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverseFeature |
European and American settings
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occult investigations ⓘ supernatural monsters ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
fantasy literature
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horror literature ⓘ supernatural fiction ⓘ |
| genre |
occult detective fiction
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pulp fiction ⓘ supernatural fiction ⓘ weird fiction ⓘ |
| givenName | Seabury NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedGenre |
occult detective fiction
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pulp horror ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| name | Seabury Quinn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableCharacterCreated | Jules de Grandin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Jules de Grandin series in Weird Tales
NERFINISHED
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popular occult detective stories ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Jules de Grandin stories
NERFINISHED
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Roads NERFINISHED ⓘ The Phantom Fighter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
attorney
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editor ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| period | early 20th century literature ⓘ |
| publicationIn | Weird Tales magazine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| styleCharacteristic |
detective-story structure
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fast-paced plots ⓘ sensational supernatural elements ⓘ |
| writingForm |
serial fiction
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short story ⓘ |
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Subject: Seabury Quinn Description of subject: Seabury Quinn was an American pulp fiction writer best known for his popular occult detective stories featuring Jules de Grandin, which were a mainstay of early 20th-century weird and supernatural literature.
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