Percival Harrison Fawcett
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Percival Harrison Fawcett was a British geographer, artillery officer, and famed explorer of South America who disappeared in 1925 while searching for a lost ancient city in the Amazon.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Percival Harrison Fawcett canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Percival Harrison Fawcett Context triple: [Nina Agnes Paterson, spouseFullName, Percival Harrison Fawcett]
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George Jackson Churchward
George Jackson Churchward was a pioneering British railway engineer and Chief Mechanical Engineer of the Great Western Railway, renowned for his influential locomotive designs in the early 20th century.
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Arthur Huntingdon
Arthur Huntingdon is the selfish, alcoholic husband whose abusive behavior drives the heroine to flee in Anne Brontë’s novel "The Tenant of Wildfell Hall" and its 1996 TV adaptation.
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C.
Oswald Millbank
Oswald Millbank is a character in Benjamin Disraeli’s novel "Coningsby, or The New Generation," notable as the wealthy industrialist’s son whose friendship with the aristocratic hero highlights class and political tensions in 19th-century England.
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John Eric Bartholomew
John Eric Bartholomew, better known by his stage name Eric Morecambe, was a celebrated English comedian and one half of the iconic double act Morecambe and Wise.
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E.
Edward Ingress Bell
Edward Ingress Bell was a British architect known for his partnership with Sir Aston Webb on prominent late 19th- and early 20th-century public and institutional buildings in the United Kingdom.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Percival Harrison Fawcett Target entity description: Percival Harrison Fawcett was a British geographer, artillery officer, and famed explorer of South America who disappeared in 1925 while searching for a lost ancient city in the Amazon.
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A.
George Jackson Churchward
George Jackson Churchward was a pioneering British railway engineer and Chief Mechanical Engineer of the Great Western Railway, renowned for his influential locomotive designs in the early 20th century.
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B.
Arthur Huntingdon
Arthur Huntingdon is the selfish, alcoholic husband whose abusive behavior drives the heroine to flee in Anne Brontë’s novel "The Tenant of Wildfell Hall" and its 1996 TV adaptation.
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C.
Oswald Millbank
Oswald Millbank is a character in Benjamin Disraeli’s novel "Coningsby, or The New Generation," notable as the wealthy industrialist’s son whose friendship with the aristocratic hero highlights class and political tensions in 19th-century England.
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D.
John Eric Bartholomew
John Eric Bartholomew, better known by his stage name Eric Morecambe, was a celebrated English comedian and one half of the iconic double act Morecambe and Wise.
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E.
Edward Ingress Bell
Edward Ingress Bell was a British architect known for his partnership with Sir Aston Webb on prominent late 19th- and early 20th-century public and institutional buildings in the United Kingdom.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
artillery officer
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explorer ⓘ geographer ⓘ human ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1867-08-18 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Devon
NERFINISHED
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England ⓘ Torquay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | disappeared ⓘ |
| child |
Brian Fawcett
NERFINISHED
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Jack Fawcett NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| deathDate |
1925-05-29
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circa 1925-05 ⓘ |
| disappeared | 1925 ⓘ |
| disappearedIn |
Amazon rainforest
NERFINISHED
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Brazil NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Royal Military Academy, Woolwich NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | Royal Geographical Society NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Fawcett NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
cartography
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exploration of South America ⓘ |
| genre | travel writing ⓘ |
| givenName | Percival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasOccupation | writer ⓘ |
| inspired | myths of the Lost City of Z ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | legends of a lost city in the Amazon ⓘ |
| knownFor |
disappearance in the Amazon in 1925
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exploration of the Amazon rainforest ⓘ search for a lost ancient city in Brazil ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Royal Geographical Society NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Royal Artillery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryRank | lieutenant colonel ⓘ |
| name | Percival Harrison Fawcett NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableWork | Lost Trails, Lost Cities NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
artillery officer
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explorer ⓘ geographer ⓘ |
| parent | Edward Boyd Fawcett NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Brazil
NERFINISHED
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Mato Grosso NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Theosophy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Nina Agnes Paterson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectOf | The Lost City of Z NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Subject: Percival Harrison Fawcett Description of subject: Percival Harrison Fawcett was a British geographer, artillery officer, and famed explorer of South America who disappeared in 1925 while searching for a lost ancient city in the Amazon.
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