Humphry Osmond
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Humphry Osmond was a British-born psychiatrist best known for coining the term "psychedelic" and pioneering research into the therapeutic use of hallucinogens in mental health treatment.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Humphry Osmond canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T666635 — 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: Humphry Osmond Context triple: [orthomolecular medicine, associatedWith, Humphry Osmond]
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A.
Gordon Holmes
Gordon Holmes is a name shared by several notable individuals, including a British neurologist and a mystery writer, recognized in their respective fields.
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B.
Ronald Villency
Ronald Villency is the son of American television news personality and political commentator Kimberly Guilfoyle.
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C.
Maurice Janet
Maurice Janet was a French mathematician known for his foundational work in differential equations and differential geometry, including results later associated with the Janet–Cartan theorem.
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D.
Claude Auchinleck
Claude Auchinleck was a senior British Army officer and field marshal best known for his leadership of Allied forces in the Middle East during the early stages of World War II.
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E.
Robert Hinde
Robert Hinde was a British zoologist and ethologist renowned for his pioneering research on animal behavior and social relationships, and for mentoring influential primatologists such as Jane Goodall.
- 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: Humphry Osmond Target entity description: Humphry Osmond was a British-born psychiatrist best known for coining the term "psychedelic" and pioneering research into the therapeutic use of hallucinogens in mental health treatment.
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A.
Gordon Holmes
Gordon Holmes is a name shared by several notable individuals, including a British neurologist and a mystery writer, recognized in their respective fields.
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B.
Ronald Villency
Ronald Villency is the son of American television news personality and political commentator Kimberly Guilfoyle.
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C.
Maurice Janet
Maurice Janet was a French mathematician known for his foundational work in differential equations and differential geometry, including results later associated with the Janet–Cartan theorem.
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D.
Claude Auchinleck
Claude Auchinleck was a senior British Army officer and field marshal best known for his leadership of Allied forces in the Middle East during the early stages of World War II.
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E.
Robert Hinde
Robert Hinde was a British zoologist and ethologist renowned for his pioneering research on animal behavior and social relationships, and for mentoring influential primatologists such as Jane Goodall.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
author
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human ⓘ psychiatrist ⓘ researcher ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1917-07-01 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Surrey
ⓘ
surface form:
Surrey, England
|
| coinedTerm | psychedelic ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith | Aldous Huxley ⓘ |
| correspondedWith | Aldous Huxley ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Canada
ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ |
| deathDate | 2004-02-06 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Appleton
ⓘ
surface form:
Appleton, Wisconsin, United States
|
| educatedAt |
Guy’s Hospital
ⓘ
surface form:
Guy's Hospital Medical School
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| era | 20th-century psychiatry ⓘ |
| familyName | Osmond ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
addiction medicine
ⓘ
psychiatry ⓘ psychopharmacology ⓘ |
| givenName | Humphry ⓘ |
| influenced | Aldous Huxley ⓘ |
| inspiredWork |
The Doors of Perception
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surface form:
Aldous Huxley’s "The Doors of Perception"
|
| knownFor |
LSD research in psychiatry
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alcoholism treatment with hallucinogens ⓘ coining the term "psychedelic" ⓘ mescaline research ⓘ research on therapeutic use of hallucinogens ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| laterNationality | Canadian ⓘ |
| name | Humphry Fortescue Osmond ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
model psychosis hypothesis using mescaline and LSD
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use of LSD in treatment of alcoholism ⓘ |
| occupation |
medical researcher
ⓘ
physician ⓘ psychiatrist ⓘ |
| proposedDefinition | psychedelic as "mind-manifesting" ⓘ |
| researchFocus |
therapeutic use of hallucinogens in mental health
ⓘ
treatment of alcoholism ⓘ |
| researchSubject |
LSD
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hallucinogens in psychiatry ⓘ mescaline ⓘ |
| workedAt |
Princeton, New Jersey psychiatric institutions
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Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada ⓘ
surface form:
Regina, Saskatchewan psychiatric services
Weyburn Mental Hospital ⓘ |
| workLocation |
New Jersey, United States
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surface form:
New Jersey, United States of America
Saskatchewan ⓘ
surface form:
Saskatchewan, Canada
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Subject: Humphry Osmond Description of subject: Humphry Osmond was a British-born psychiatrist best known for coining the term "psychedelic" and pioneering research into the therapeutic use of hallucinogens in mental health treatment.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.