Maurice de Broglie
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Maurice de Broglie was a French physicist and aristocrat known for his pioneering work in X-ray spectroscopy and as the elder brother of Nobel laureate Louis de Broglie.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Maurice de Broglie canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8399667 — 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: Maurice de Broglie Context triple: [House of Broglie, hasNotableMember, Maurice de Broglie]
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Victor de Broglie
Victor de Broglie was a 19th-century French statesman and liberal politician who served multiple times as Prime Minister during the July Monarchy under King Louis-Philippe.
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B.
Louis de Broglie
Louis de Broglie was a French physicist and Nobel laureate best known for introducing the revolutionary concept of matter waves, which laid the foundations of wave–particle duality in quantum mechanics.
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C.
Duc de Broglie
The Duc de Broglie was a prominent 18th-century French nobleman and marshal known for his military leadership during the War of the Austrian Succession and the Seven Years' War.
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D.
Charles-François de Broglie
Charles-François de Broglie was an 18th-century French aristocrat, soldier, and diplomat who played a key role in secret diplomacy under King Louis XV.
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E.
Albert de Broglie, 4th duc de Broglie
Albert de Broglie, 4th duc de Broglie, was a 19th-century French aristocrat, statesman, and diplomat who served as Prime Minister of France during the early years of the Third Republic.
- 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: Maurice de Broglie Target entity description: Maurice de Broglie was a French physicist and aristocrat known for his pioneering work in X-ray spectroscopy and as the elder brother of Nobel laureate Louis de Broglie.
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A.
Victor de Broglie
Victor de Broglie was a 19th-century French statesman and liberal politician who served multiple times as Prime Minister during the July Monarchy under King Louis-Philippe.
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B.
Louis de Broglie
Louis de Broglie was a French physicist and Nobel laureate best known for introducing the revolutionary concept of matter waves, which laid the foundations of wave–particle duality in quantum mechanics.
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C.
Duc de Broglie
The Duc de Broglie was a prominent 18th-century French nobleman and marshal known for his military leadership during the War of the Austrian Succession and the Seven Years' War.
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D.
Charles-François de Broglie
Charles-François de Broglie was an 18th-century French aristocrat, soldier, and diplomat who played a key role in secret diplomacy under King Louis XV.
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E.
Albert de Broglie, 4th duc de Broglie
Albert de Broglie, 4th duc de Broglie, was a 19th-century French aristocrat, statesman, and diplomat who served as Prime Minister of France during the early years of the Third Republic.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French aristocrat
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French physicist ⓘ aristocrat ⓘ human ⓘ nobleman ⓘ physicist ⓘ |
| aristocraticTitle | duc de Broglie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthCountry | France ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1875-04-27 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Paris ⓘ |
| citizenship | France ⓘ |
| countryOfActivity | France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathCountry | France ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1960-07-14 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Neuilly-sur-Seine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt | École Navale NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | 20th-century physics ⓘ |
| family | House of Broglie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | de Broglie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
X-ray spectroscopy
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physics ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Maurice NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasOccupation |
naval officer
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nobleman ⓘ physicist ⓘ |
| honorificPrefix | Duke ⓘ |
| influenced | Louis de Broglie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor | pioneering work in X-ray spectroscopy ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | French ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Académie des Sciences
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surface form:
French Academy of Sciences
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| militaryService | French Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Maurice de Broglie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | French ⓘ |
| nobleFamily | House of Broglie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleTitle | Duke of Broglie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableStudent | Louis de Broglie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| periodOfActivity | early 20th century ⓘ |
| positionHeld | member of the French Academy of Sciences ⓘ |
| relative | Louis de Broglie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| researchInterest |
X-rays
NERFINISHED
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atomic physics ⓘ |
| sibling | Louis de Broglie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| studied |
X-ray diffraction
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X-ray spectra ⓘ |
| workLocation |
France
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Paris ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Maurice de Broglie Description of subject: Maurice de Broglie was a French physicist and aristocrat known for his pioneering work in X-ray spectroscopy and as the elder brother of Nobel laureate Louis de Broglie.
Referenced by (3)
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