Brooks Adams
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Brooks Adams was an American historian and political thinker known for his analyses of economic forces in history and his critiques of capitalism and imperial expansion.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Brooks Adams canonical | 4 |
| Peter Chardon Brooks Adams | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T507413 — 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: Brooks Adams Context triple: [Hollis Hall, hasNotableResident, Brooks Adams]
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G. E. H. Palmer
G. E. H. Palmer was a British scholar and translator best known for co-translating the influential Eastern Orthodox spiritual anthology *The Philokalia* into English.
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Roger Nash Baldwin
Roger Nash Baldwin was an American civil liberties advocate and social reformer best known as a principal founder and long-time leader of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).
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Frederick H. Meyer
Frederick H. Meyer was an American architect active in the early 20th century, known for designing prominent public and commercial buildings in San Francisco.
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Charles Dudley Warner
Charles Dudley Warner was a 19th-century American essayist and novelist best known for co-authoring "The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today" with Mark Twain, which gave its name to the era of rapid economic growth and social inequality in post–Civil War America.
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S. R. Hadden
S. R. Hadden is a wealthy, eccentric industrialist and visionary technologist who secretly funds and guides the search for extraterrestrial intelligence in Carl Sagan’s novel and film "Contact."
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Brooks Adams Target entity description: Brooks Adams was an American historian and political thinker known for his analyses of economic forces in history and his critiques of capitalism and imperial expansion.
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A.
G. E. H. Palmer
G. E. H. Palmer was a British scholar and translator best known for co-translating the influential Eastern Orthodox spiritual anthology *The Philokalia* into English.
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B.
Roger Nash Baldwin
Roger Nash Baldwin was an American civil liberties advocate and social reformer best known as a principal founder and long-time leader of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).
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C.
Frederick H. Meyer
Frederick H. Meyer was an American architect active in the early 20th century, known for designing prominent public and commercial buildings in San Francisco.
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D.
Charles Dudley Warner
Charles Dudley Warner was a 19th-century American essayist and novelist best known for co-authoring "The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today" with Mark Twain, which gave its name to the era of rapid economic growth and social inequality in post–Civil War America.
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E.
S. R. Hadden
S. R. Hadden is a wealthy, eccentric industrialist and visionary technologist who secretly funds and guides the search for extraterrestrial intelligence in Carl Sagan’s novel and film "Contact."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historian
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human ⓘ political thinker ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| buriedIn | Mount Wollaston Cemetery ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1848-06-24 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1927-02-13 ⓘ |
| describedAs |
critic of capitalism
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critic of imperial expansion ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Harvard University
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surface form:
Harvard College
Harvard Law School ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | White American ⓘ |
| familyName | Adams ⓘ |
| father | Charles Francis Adams Sr. ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
critique of capitalism
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history of economic forces ⓘ imperialism studies ⓘ |
| fullName |
Brooks Adams
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Peter Chardon Brooks Adams
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| genre |
economic history
ⓘ
political theory ⓘ |
| givenName | Peter ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | natural causes ⓘ |
| memberOf | Adams family ⓘ |
| middleName | Chardon Brooks ⓘ |
| mother |
Abigail Adams
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surface form:
Abigail Brooks Adams
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| movement | Progressive Era thought ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
cyclical theory of civilization and decay
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economic forces as drivers of history ⓘ |
| notableWork |
America’s Economic Supremacy
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The Law of Civilization and Decay ⓘ The New Empire ⓘ The Theory of Social Revolutions ⓘ |
| occupation |
historian
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lawyer ⓘ political writer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Quincy, Massachusetts
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surface form:
Quincy, Massachusetts, United States
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| placeOfDeath |
Boston, Massachusetts
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surface form:
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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| relative |
Charles Francis Adams Sr.
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John Adams ⓘ John Quincy Adams ⓘ |
| residence |
Boston, Massachusetts
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surface form:
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Quincy, Massachusetts ⓘ
surface form:
Quincy, Massachusetts, United States
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| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sibling |
Charles Francis Adams Jr.
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Henry Adams ⓘ
surface form:
Henry Brooks Adams
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Referenced by (5)
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