Christian Bohr
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Christian Bohr was a Danish physician and physiologist best known for discovering the Bohr effect, which describes how carbon dioxide and pH influence hemoglobin’s affinity for oxygen.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Christian Bohr canonical | 10 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T679149 — 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: Christian Bohr Context triple: [Niels Bohr, father, Christian Bohr]
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Christian Lous Lange
Christian Lous Lange was a Norwegian historian, political scientist, and prominent internationalist who shared the 1921 Nobel Peace Prize for his work as secretary-general of the Inter-Parliamentary Union.
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Harald Bohr Jr.
Harald Bohr Jr. was a member of the prominent Bohr family, known primarily as a son of the influential Danish physicist Niels Bohr.
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C.
Wilhelm Ritter von Thoma
Wilhelm Ritter von Thoma was a German Wehrmacht general and tank commander in World War II, best known for leading armored forces in the North African campaign.
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D.
Gustaf John Ramstedt
Gustaf John Ramstedt was a Finnish linguist and diplomat best known for his pioneering comparative work on Ural-Altaic and especially Mongolic and Turkic languages, and for helping formulate the Altaic language hypothesis.
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E.
Heinrich von Liebieg
Heinrich von Liebieg was a prominent German industrialist and art patron whose collection and philanthropy significantly supported cultural institutions in Germany.
- 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: Christian Bohr Target entity description: Christian Bohr was a Danish physician and physiologist best known for discovering the Bohr effect, which describes how carbon dioxide and pH influence hemoglobin’s affinity for oxygen.
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A.
Christian Lous Lange
Christian Lous Lange was a Norwegian historian, political scientist, and prominent internationalist who shared the 1921 Nobel Peace Prize for his work as secretary-general of the Inter-Parliamentary Union.
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B.
Harald Bohr Jr.
Harald Bohr Jr. was a member of the prominent Bohr family, known primarily as a son of the influential Danish physicist Niels Bohr.
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C.
Wilhelm Ritter von Thoma
Wilhelm Ritter von Thoma was a German Wehrmacht general and tank commander in World War II, best known for leading armored forces in the North African campaign.
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D.
Gustaf John Ramstedt
Gustaf John Ramstedt was a Finnish linguist and diplomat best known for his pioneering comparative work on Ural-Altaic and especially Mongolic and Turkic languages, and for helping formulate the Altaic language hypothesis.
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E.
Heinrich von Liebieg
Heinrich von Liebieg was a prominent German industrialist and art patron whose collection and philanthropy significantly supported cultural institutions in Germany.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic
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human ⓘ physician ⓘ physiologist ⓘ |
| areaOfInfluence |
biochemistry of hemoglobin
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cardiopulmonary physiology ⓘ |
| child | Niels Bohr ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Denmark ⓘ |
| discovered | Bohr effect ⓘ |
| employer | University of Copenhagen ⓘ |
| familyName | Bohr ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
medicine
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physiology ⓘ |
| givenName | Christian ⓘ |
| hasConceptAssociated |
acid–base balance in physiology
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carbon dioxide transport in blood ⓘ oxygen–hemoglobin dissociation curve ⓘ |
| hasEffectOn | understanding of oxygen transport in blood ⓘ |
| hasRelative | Niels Bohr ⓘ |
| influenced |
clinical understanding of blood oxygenation
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modern respiratory physiology ⓘ |
| knownFor |
discovery of the Bohr effect
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research on hemoglobin oxygen binding ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
Danish
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English ⓘ German ⓘ |
| name | Christian Bohr self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | Danish ⓘ |
| notableWork | Bohr effect ⓘ |
| occupation |
physician
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physiologist ⓘ |
| positionHeld | professor of physiology ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| studied |
gas exchange in blood
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influence of carbon dioxide on hemoglobin ⓘ influence of pH on hemoglobin ⓘ respiratory physiology ⓘ |
| workLocation | Copenhagen ⓘ |
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Subject: Christian Bohr Description of subject: Christian Bohr was a Danish physician and physiologist best known for discovering the Bohr effect, which describes how carbon dioxide and pH influence hemoglobin’s affinity for oxygen.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Niels Bohr
subject surface form:
Niels Bohr