Joseph Hooton Taylor Jr.

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Nobel laureate in Physics astrophysicist human radio astronomer

Joseph Hooton Taylor Jr. is an American astrophysicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work on binary pulsars and tests of general relativity.

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Label	Occurrences
Joseph Hooton Taylor Jr. canonical	2

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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11316895 — 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: Joseph Hooton Taylor Jr.
Context triple: [PSR B1913+16, discoveredBy, Joseph Hooton Taylor Jr.]

A. Russell Alan Hulse
Russell Alan Hulse is an American physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his co-discovery of the first binary pulsar, which provided key evidence for the existence of gravitational waves.
B. Joseph Taylor Jr.
Joseph Taylor Jr. is a central character in the musical "Allegro," depicted as a small-town doctor's son whose life and moral choices are traced from youth to adulthood.
C. Joseph Taylor
Joseph Taylor was a prominent early 17th-century English actor best known for his leading roles in the King’s Men, Shakespeare’s acting company.
D. Rainer Weiss
Rainer Weiss is an American physicist best known as a co-founder of the LIGO project and a Nobel laureate for his pioneering work in the direct detection of gravitational waves.
E. Barry C. Barish
Barry C. Barish is an American experimental physicist best known for his leading role in the LIGO project that made the first direct detection of gravitational waves and earned him a share of the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics.
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: Joseph Hooton Taylor Jr.
Target entity description: Joseph Hooton Taylor Jr. is an American astrophysicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work on binary pulsars and tests of general relativity.

A. Russell Alan Hulse
Russell Alan Hulse is an American physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his co-discovery of the first binary pulsar, which provided key evidence for the existence of gravitational waves.
B. Joseph Taylor Jr.
Joseph Taylor Jr. is a central character in the musical "Allegro," depicted as a small-town doctor's son whose life and moral choices are traced from youth to adulthood.
C. Joseph Taylor
Joseph Taylor was a prominent early 17th-century English actor best known for his leading roles in the King’s Men, Shakespeare’s acting company.
D. Rainer Weiss
Rainer Weiss is an American physicist best known as a co-founder of the LIGO project and a Nobel laureate for his pioneering work in the direct detection of gravitational waves.
E. Barry C. Barish
Barry C. Barish is an American experimental physicist best known for his leading role in the LIGO project that made the first direct detection of gravitational waves and earned him a share of the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Nobel laureate in Physics ⓘ astrophysicist ⓘ human ⓘ radio astronomer ⓘ
academicDegree	Bachelor of Arts in Physics ⓘ PhD in Astronomy ⓘ
awardReceived	Einstein Prize (American Physical Society) NERFINISHED ⓘ Henry Draper Medal NERFINISHED ⓘ Jansky Lectureship NERFINISHED ⓘ Karl Schwarzschild Medal NERFINISHED ⓘ MacArthur Fellowship NERFINISHED ⓘ Nobel Prize in Physics ⓘ Tomalla Prize NERFINISHED ⓘ Wolf Prize in Physics NERFINISHED ⓘ
birthName	Joseph Hooton Taylor Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1941-03-29 ⓘ
discovered	binary pulsar PSR B1913+16 NERFINISHED ⓘ
doctoralAdvisor	Alan Maxwell NERFINISHED ⓘ
doctoralStudent	Ingrid Stairs NERFINISHED ⓘ Scott Ransom NERFINISHED ⓘ
educatedAt	Harvard University ⓘ Haverford College NERFINISHED ⓘ
employer	Princeton University ⓘ University of Massachusetts Amherst NERFINISHED ⓘ
familyName	Taylor ⓘ
fieldOfWork	astrophysics ⓘ gravitational physics ⓘ radio astronomy ⓘ
givenName	Joseph NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor	discovery of the first binary pulsar PSR B1913+16 ⓘ evidence for gravitational radiation from orbital decay of a binary pulsar ⓘ precision tests of general relativity using binary pulsars ⓘ
memberOf	American Academy of Arts and Sciences ⓘ American Astronomical Society NERFINISHED ⓘ American Physical Society ⓘ National Academy of Sciences ⓘ
NobelPrizeIn	Physics NERFINISHED ⓘ
NobelPrizeMotivation	for the discovery of a new type of pulsar, a discovery that has opened up new possibilities for the study of gravitation ⓘ
NobelPrizeYear	1993 ⓘ
notableWork	measurement of orbital decay consistent with gravitational wave emission ⓘ precision timing of binary pulsars ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Philadelphia ⓘ surface form: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
positionHeld	Dean of Faculty at Princeton University ⓘ Professor of Physics at Princeton University ⓘ
religion	Quaker ⓘ
researchInterest	binary star systems ⓘ pulsars ⓘ tests of general relativity ⓘ
sharedNobelPrizeWith	Russell Alan Hulse NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

first binary pulsar PSR B1913+16 → discoveredBy → Joseph Hooton Taylor Jr. ⓘ

subject surface form: PSR B1913+16

first binary pulsar PSR B1913+16 → nobelPrizeLaureate → Joseph Hooton Taylor Jr. ⓘ