Donald Kagan
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Donald Kagan was a prominent American historian and classicist best known for his influential works on ancient Greek history, particularly the Peloponnesian War.
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| Donald Kagan canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9480275 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Donald Kagan Context triple: [Kagan, hasNotableBearer, Donald Kagan]
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A.
Kenneth H. Jackson
Kenneth H. Jackson was a prominent 20th-century British linguist and historian renowned for his pioneering research on the history and development of the Celtic languages.
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B.
Stanley G. Payne
Stanley G. Payne is an American historian renowned for his influential scholarship on fascism, Spanish history, and European authoritarian regimes in the 20th century.
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C.
Jeremy Iggers
Jeremy Iggers is an American journalist and food critic known for his work at the Star Tribune in Minneapolis and his influential writing on ethics in restaurant reviewing.
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D.
E. H. Carr
E. H. Carr was a British historian, diplomat, and international relations theorist best known for his multi-volume history of the Soviet Union and his influential work "The Twenty Years' Crisis."
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E.
David T. Wilentz
David T. Wilentz was a prominent American lawyer and politician best known as the New Jersey Attorney General who prosecuted the Lindbergh kidnapping case.
- 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: Donald Kagan Target entity description: Donald Kagan was a prominent American historian and classicist best known for his influential works on ancient Greek history, particularly the Peloponnesian War.
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A.
Kenneth H. Jackson
Kenneth H. Jackson was a prominent 20th-century British linguist and historian renowned for his pioneering research on the history and development of the Celtic languages.
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B.
Stanley G. Payne
Stanley G. Payne is an American historian renowned for his influential scholarship on fascism, Spanish history, and European authoritarian regimes in the 20th century.
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C.
Jeremy Iggers
Jeremy Iggers is an American journalist and food critic known for his work at the Star Tribune in Minneapolis and his influential writing on ethics in restaurant reviewing.
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D.
E. H. Carr
E. H. Carr was a British historian, diplomat, and international relations theorist best known for his multi-volume history of the Soviet Union and his influential work "The Twenty Years' Crisis."
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E.
David T. Wilentz
David T. Wilentz was a prominent American lawyer and politician best known as the New Jersey Attorney General who prosecuted the Lindbergh kidnapping case.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
classicist
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human ⓘ university professor ⓘ |
| areaOfExpertise | Peloponnesian War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived | National Humanities Medal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| child |
Frederick Kagan
NERFINISHED
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Robert Kagan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Lithuania NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1932-05-01 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2021-08-06 ⓘ |
| doctoralAdvisor | Erich Gruen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Brooklyn College
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Brown University ⓘ Ohio State University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer |
Cornell University
ⓘ
Yale University ⓘ |
| familyName | Kagan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
ancient Greek history
ⓘ
classics ⓘ military history ⓘ |
| givenName | Donald NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| immigrationStatus | immigrant to the United States ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Thucydides NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
comprehensive history of the Peloponnesian War
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contributions to the study of ancient Greek political and military history ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Project for the New American Century NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movedTo | New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Donald Kagan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableStudent | Victor Davis Hanson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
On the Origins of War and the Preservation of Peace
NERFINISHED
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The Archidamian War NERFINISHED ⓘ The Fall of the Athenian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ The Outbreak of the Peloponnesian War NERFINISHED ⓘ The Peace of Nicias and the Sicilian Expedition NERFINISHED ⓘ The Peloponnesian War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
professor of classics
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professor of history ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Kuršėnai NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Washington, Connecticut, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | neoconservatism ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Sterling Professor of Classics and History at Yale University ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| spouse | Myriam Kagan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| taughtSubject |
Greek history
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Western civilization ⓘ |
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Subject: Donald Kagan Description of subject: Donald Kagan was a prominent American historian and classicist best known for his influential works on ancient Greek history, particularly the Peloponnesian War.
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