Sir Quentin Blake
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Sir Quentin Blake is a renowned British illustrator and children's book author, best known for his long-standing collaboration with Roald Dahl and his distinctive, energetic drawing style.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Quentin Blake | 17 |
| Sir Quentin Blake canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T785563 — 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: Sir Quentin Blake Context triple: [Clare College, Cambridge, hasNotableAlumni, Sir Quentin Blake]
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A.
E. H. Shepard
E. H. Shepard was an English artist and illustrator best known for his iconic drawings in A. A. Milne’s Winnie-the-Pooh books and Kenneth Grahame’s The Wind in the Willows.
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B.
Arthur Hughes
Arthur Hughes was a 19th-century English painter and illustrator associated with the Pre-Raphaelite movement, known for his poetic, detailed, and often romantic works.
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C.
Arthur Rackham
Arthur Rackham was a renowned early 20th-century British illustrator celebrated for his distinctive, atmospheric artwork in classic fairy tales and fantasy literature.
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D.
Walter Crane
Walter Crane was a prominent English artist and book illustrator whose work and design theories were central to the development of the Arts and Crafts movement.
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E.
Robert May
Robert May was a prominent theoretical ecologist and mathematical biologist known for his influential work on population dynamics and the application of chaos theory to ecology.
- 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: Sir Quentin Blake Target entity description: Sir Quentin Blake is a renowned British illustrator and children's book author, best known for his long-standing collaboration with Roald Dahl and his distinctive, energetic drawing style.
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A.
E. H. Shepard
E. H. Shepard was an English artist and illustrator best known for his iconic drawings in A. A. Milne’s Winnie-the-Pooh books and Kenneth Grahame’s The Wind in the Willows.
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B.
Arthur Hughes
Arthur Hughes was a 19th-century English painter and illustrator associated with the Pre-Raphaelite movement, known for his poetic, detailed, and often romantic works.
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C.
Arthur Rackham
Arthur Rackham was a renowned early 20th-century British illustrator celebrated for his distinctive, atmospheric artwork in classic fairy tales and fantasy literature.
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D.
Walter Crane
Walter Crane was a prominent English artist and book illustrator whose work and design theories were central to the development of the Arts and Crafts movement.
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E.
Robert May
Robert May was a prominent theoretical ecologist and mathematical biologist known for his influential work on population dynamics and the application of chaos theory to ecology.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
author
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cartoonist ⓘ children's writer ⓘ human ⓘ illustrator ⓘ university teacher ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
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surface form:
CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire)
Hans Christian Andersen Award ⓘ
surface form:
Hans Christian Andersen Award for Illustration
Kate Greenaway Medal ⓘ Knight Bachelor ⓘ Officer of the Order of the British Empire ⓘ
surface form:
OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire)
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| birthDate | 1932-12-16 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Sidcup, Kent, England ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith | Roald Dahl ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Chelsea School of Art
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Downing College, Cambridge NERFINISHED ⓘ Institute of Education ⓘ
surface form:
Institute of Education, University of London
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| endTime |
1999 (Children's Laureate)
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surface form:
2001 (Children's Laureate)
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| familyName | Blake ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
book illustration
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children's literature ⓘ illustration ⓘ |
| genre | children's literature ⓘ |
| givenName | Quentin ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.quentinblake.com/ ⓘ |
| honorificPrefix | Sir ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| name | Sir Quentin Saxby Blake ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableFor |
collaboration with Roald Dahl
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distinctive energetic drawing style ⓘ |
| notableWork |
"Clown"
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"Mister Magnolia" ⓘ "Zagazoo" ⓘ illustrations for Roald Dahl's "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" ⓘ illustrations for Roald Dahl's "Matilda" ⓘ illustrations for Roald Dahl's "The BFG" ⓘ illustrations for Roald Dahl's "The Twits" ⓘ |
| occupation |
cartoonist
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children's book author ⓘ illustrator ⓘ painter ⓘ university lecturer ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Children's Laureate
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Head of Illustration at the Royal College of Art ⓘ |
| residence | London, England ⓘ |
| startTime | 1999 (Children's Laureate) ⓘ |
| workedAt |
Royal College of Art (Kensington campus)
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surface form:
Royal College of Art
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Sir Quentin Blake Description of subject: Sir Quentin Blake is a renowned British illustrator and children's book author, best known for his long-standing collaboration with Roald Dahl and his distinctive, energetic drawing style.
Referenced by (18)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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Quentin Blake
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
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Quentin Blake
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Quentin Blake
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Quentin Blake
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Clown
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