Allan Kardec
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Allan Kardec was a 19th-century French educator and writer best known as the codifier and principal theorist of Spiritism, a religious-philosophical doctrine based on communication with spirits.
All labels observed (1)
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| Allan Kardec canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8935258 — 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: Allan Kardec Context triple: [Spiritualism, hasKeyFigure, Allan Kardec]
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A.
Louis de Bourmont
Louis de Bourmont was a French general and royalist who served under Napoleon before later supporting the Bourbon Restoration and leading the French invasion of Algiers in 1830.
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B.
Eliphas Levi
Eliphas Levi was a 19th-century French occultist and writer whose works profoundly shaped modern Western esotericism and ceremonial magic.
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C.
Helena Petrovna Blavatsky
Helena Petrovna Blavatsky was a 19th-century Russian occultist, author, and spiritual teacher who co-founded the Theosophical Society and became a central figure in modern esotericism and Western mysticism.
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D.
Charles Webster Leadbeater
Charles Webster Leadbeater was a prominent early 20th-century Theosophist, clairvoyant, and author known for his influential writings on esotericism, occultism, and spiritual development.
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E.
Charles F. Haanel
Charles F. Haanel was an early 20th-century American author and businessman best known for his influential New Thought self-help book "The Master Key System," which helped popularize ideas about the power of thought and the law of attraction.
- 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: Allan Kardec Target entity description: Allan Kardec was a 19th-century French educator and writer best known as the codifier and principal theorist of Spiritism, a religious-philosophical doctrine based on communication with spirits.
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A.
Louis de Bourmont
Louis de Bourmont was a French general and royalist who served under Napoleon before later supporting the Bourbon Restoration and leading the French invasion of Algiers in 1830.
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B.
Eliphas Levi
Eliphas Levi was a 19th-century French occultist and writer whose works profoundly shaped modern Western esotericism and ceremonial magic.
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C.
Helena Petrovna Blavatsky
Helena Petrovna Blavatsky was a 19th-century Russian occultist, author, and spiritual teacher who co-founded the Theosophical Society and became a central figure in modern esotericism and Western mysticism.
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D.
Charles Webster Leadbeater
Charles Webster Leadbeater was a prominent early 20th-century Theosophist, clairvoyant, and author known for his influential writings on esotericism, occultism, and spiritual development.
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E.
Charles F. Haanel
Charles F. Haanel was an early 20th-century American author and businessman best known for his influential New Thought self-help book "The Master Key System," which helped popularize ideas about the power of thought and the law of attraction.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Spiritist
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educator ⓘ human ⓘ |
| birthName | Hippolyte Léon Denizard Rivail NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Père Lachaise Cemetery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | rupture of an aortic aneurysm ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | France ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1804-10-03 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1869-03-31 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Institution of Pestalozzi in Yverdon-les-Bains NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Spiritist philosophy
ⓘ
pedagogy ⓘ religious studies ⓘ |
| genre |
didactic works
ⓘ
philosophical literature ⓘ religious literature ⓘ |
| hasReligion |
Roman Catholicism (early life)
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Spiritism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
Brazilian Spiritism
NERFINISHED
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Chico Xavier NERFINISHED ⓘ Gabriel Delanne NERFINISHED ⓘ Léon Denis NERFINISHED ⓘ global Spiritist movement ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Franz Anton Mesmer
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Swedenborgian ideas ⓘ magnetism ⓘ |
| knownFor |
codification of Spiritism
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
foundational Spiritist works ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | French ⓘ |
| movement | Spiritism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
communication with spirits as basis for doctrine
ⓘ
moral law revealed by spirits ⓘ plurality of inhabited worlds ⓘ reincarnation as moral progression ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Heaven and Hell
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Genesis According to Spiritism NERFINISHED ⓘ The Gospel According to Spiritism NERFINISHED ⓘ The Mediums' Book NERFINISHED ⓘ The Spirits' Book NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
educator
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philosopher ⓘ translator ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Lyon, France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Paris
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surface form:
Paris, France
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| positionHeld | organizer of Spiritist societies in France ⓘ |
| pseudonym | Allan Kardec NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Spiritism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence |
Paris
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surface form:
Paris, France
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| studiedUnder | Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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