André Marie Constant Duméril
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André Marie Constant Duméril was a 19th-century French zoologist and herpetologist known for his extensive work in classifying reptiles and amphibians.
All labels observed (1)
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| André Marie Constant Duméril canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10983936 — 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: André Marie Constant Duméril Context triple: [Sarcoramphus, firstDescribedBy, André Marie Constant Duméril]
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A.
Gaston de Lacaze-Duthiers
Gaston de Lacaze-Duthiers was a 19th-century French zoologist and anatomist renowned for his pioneering research in marine invertebrates and for founding important marine biology laboratories.
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B.
Élisabeth Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire
Élisabeth Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire was the wife of French naturalist Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire and a member of the prominent Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire family associated with 19th-century French science.
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C.
Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire
Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire was a 19th-century French zoologist and anatomist known for his pioneering work in teratology and comparative anatomy, and for continuing and expanding his father Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire’s research traditions.
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D.
Pierre Joseph Bonnaterre
Pierre Joseph Bonnaterre was an 18th-century French naturalist and zoologist known for his contributions to early taxonomic works, including sections of the Encyclopédie Méthodique.
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E.
Pierre André Latreille
Pierre André Latreille was a prominent French entomologist of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, renowned for his foundational work in insect classification and taxonomy.
- 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: André Marie Constant Duméril Target entity description: André Marie Constant Duméril was a 19th-century French zoologist and herpetologist known for his extensive work in classifying reptiles and amphibians.
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A.
Gaston de Lacaze-Duthiers
Gaston de Lacaze-Duthiers was a 19th-century French zoologist and anatomist renowned for his pioneering research in marine invertebrates and for founding important marine biology laboratories.
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B.
Élisabeth Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire
Élisabeth Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire was the wife of French naturalist Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire and a member of the prominent Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire family associated with 19th-century French science.
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C.
Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire
Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire was a 19th-century French zoologist and anatomist known for his pioneering work in teratology and comparative anatomy, and for continuing and expanding his father Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire’s research traditions.
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D.
Pierre Joseph Bonnaterre
Pierre Joseph Bonnaterre was an 18th-century French naturalist and zoologist known for his contributions to early taxonomic works, including sections of the Encyclopédie Méthodique.
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E.
Pierre André Latreille
Pierre André Latreille was a prominent French entomologist of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, renowned for his foundational work in insect classification and taxonomy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic
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herpetologist ⓘ human ⓘ zoologist ⓘ |
| areaOfInfluence |
European zoology
ⓘ
museum-based taxonomy ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 19th century ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | France ⓘ |
| describedTaxon |
multiple amphibian species
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multiple reptile species ⓘ |
| discipline | natural history ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of Paris
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
École de Médecine de Rouen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | French ⓘ |
| familyName | Duméril NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
comparative anatomy
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herpetology ⓘ ichthyology ⓘ taxonomy ⓘ zoology ⓘ |
| genre | scientific literature ⓘ |
| givenName | André NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHonorificEponym |
Duméril’s boa
NERFINISHED
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species with the epithet dumerilii ⓘ |
| hasPartIn | 19th-century zoology ⓘ |
| influenced |
development of systematic herpetology
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later French herpetologists ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | French ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Académie de Médecine
NERFINISHED
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Académie des Sciences NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| methodologicalContribution |
morphology-based classification of reptiles
ⓘ
museum specimen cataloguing ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | French ⓘ |
| notableFor |
classification of amphibians
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classification of reptiles ⓘ contributions to French zoological collections ⓘ work on herpetological systematics ⓘ |
| notableStudent | Auguste Duméril NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork | Erpétologie générale ou Histoire naturelle complète des reptiles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
herpetologist
ⓘ
professor ⓘ zoologist ⓘ |
| publicationType | monograph ⓘ |
| relative | Auguste Duméril NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workLocation | Paris ⓘ |
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