Joseph Dudley
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Joseph Dudley was a colonial American administrator best known for serving as governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay in the late 17th and early 18th centuries.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Joseph Dudley canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T677027 — 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.
Target entity: Joseph Dudley Context triple: [Thomas Dudley, child, Joseph Dudley]
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Thomas Gage
Thomas Gage was a British Army general and colonial governor of Massachusetts whose policies and military actions helped spark the American Revolutionary War.
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William Coddington
William Coddington was a 17th-century English colonial leader and magistrate best known as a founding figure and early governor in what became the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.
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Thomas Preston
Thomas Preston was a 17th-century Irish soldier and nobleman who became a leading general of the Confederate Catholic forces during the Irish Confederate Wars.
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William Howe
William Howe was a British Army general who served as commander-in-chief of British forces during the early years of the American Revolutionary War.
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Governor William Tryon
Governor William Tryon was an 18th-century British colonial official best known for his controversial governorships of North Carolina and New York and his harsh suppression of colonial dissent.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Joseph Dudley Target entity description: Joseph Dudley was a colonial American administrator best known for serving as governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay in the late 17th and early 18th centuries.
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A.
Thomas Gage
Thomas Gage was a British Army general and colonial governor of Massachusetts whose policies and military actions helped spark the American Revolutionary War.
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B.
William Coddington
William Coddington was a 17th-century English colonial leader and magistrate best known as a founding figure and early governor in what became the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.
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C.
Thomas Preston
Thomas Preston was a 17th-century Irish soldier and nobleman who became a leading general of the Confederate Catholic forces during the Irish Confederate Wars.
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D.
William Howe
William Howe was a British Army general who served as commander-in-chief of British forces during the early years of the American Revolutionary War.
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E.
Governor William Tryon
Governor William Tryon was an 18th-century British colonial official best known for his controversial governorships of North Carolina and New York and his harsh suppression of colonial dissent.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
colonial administrator
ⓘ
governor ⓘ person ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 1715 ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1670 ⓘ |
| appointedBy |
Anne, Queen of Great Britain
ⓘ
surface form:
Queen Anne
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| birthDate | 1647-09-23 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Roxbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Eliot Burying Ground, Roxbury ⓘ |
| child | Paul Dudley ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1720-04-02 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Roxbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony
ⓘ
surface form:
Roxbury, Province of Massachusetts Bay
|
| educatedAt |
Harvard University
ⓘ
surface form:
Harvard College
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| era | Colonial America ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | English American ⓘ |
| father | Thomas Dudley ⓘ |
| fullName | Joseph Dudley self-link ⓘ |
| knownFor |
centralization of colonial administration in New England
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conflicts with Massachusetts colonists over charter rights ⓘ implementation of imperial trade regulations ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| monarchDuringTerm |
Anne, Queen of Great Britain
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surface form:
Queen Anne
|
| mother | Dorothy Yorke ⓘ |
| notableFor |
governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay
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role in the Dominion of New England ⓘ support of royal authority over New England colonies ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 9 ⓘ |
| officeEnd | 1715-11-09 ⓘ |
| officeStart | 1702-06-11 ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | pro-royalist ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Agent of the Massachusetts Bay Colony in England
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Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Superior Court of Judicature ⓘ Deputy Governor of the Isle of Wight ⓘ Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ Member of the Dominion of New England council ⓘ President of the Council of New England ⓘ |
| predecessor | William Stoughton ⓘ |
| relative |
Anne Bradstreet
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Governor Simon Bradstreet ⓘ
surface form:
Simon Bradstreet
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| religion | Puritanism ⓘ |
| residence |
Roxbury
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surface form:
Roxbury, Massachusetts
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| servedIn |
Dominion of New England
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surface form:
Dominion of New England administration
Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
surface form:
Province of Massachusetts Bay government
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| signature | Signature of Joseph Dudley (Massachusetts Governor).svg ⓘ |
| spouse | Rebecca Tyng ⓘ |
| successor | William Tailer ⓘ |
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Subject: Joseph Dudley Description of subject: Joseph Dudley was a colonial American administrator best known for serving as governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay in the late 17th and early 18th centuries.
Referenced by (6)
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