Heinrich Georg Winter
E130049
Heinrich Georg Winter was a 19th-century German mycologist known for his taxonomic work on fungi, including the description of the genus Ophiostoma.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Heinrich Georg Winter canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T393436 — 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: Heinrich Georg Winter Context triple: [Ophiostoma, namedBy, Heinrich Georg Winter]
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A.
Karl-Adolf Hollidt
Karl-Adolf Hollidt was a German Wehrmacht general during World War II who held several high-level field commands on the Eastern Front.
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B.
Hans von Seisser
Hans von Seisser was a Bavarian police official and head of the Munich police who played a key role in opposing Adolf Hitler’s 1923 Beer Hall Putsch.
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C.
Friedrich Wiese
Friedrich Wiese was a German Wehrmacht general during World War II who commanded German forces in southern France, including during the Allied invasion known as Operation Dragoon.
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D.
Wilhelm Siegling
Wilhelm Siegling was a German linguist and philologist known for his pioneering work on the Tocharian languages and their classification within the Indo-European language family.
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E.
Heinrich Korschan
Heinrich Korschan was an industrialist who stood trial as a defendant in the post–World War II Krupp Trial for his involvement in Nazi-era industrial activities.
- 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: Heinrich Georg Winter Target entity description: Heinrich Georg Winter was a 19th-century German mycologist known for his taxonomic work on fungi, including the description of the genus Ophiostoma.
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A.
Karl-Adolf Hollidt
Karl-Adolf Hollidt was a German Wehrmacht general during World War II who held several high-level field commands on the Eastern Front.
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B.
Hans von Seisser
Hans von Seisser was a Bavarian police official and head of the Munich police who played a key role in opposing Adolf Hitler’s 1923 Beer Hall Putsch.
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C.
Friedrich Wiese
Friedrich Wiese was a German Wehrmacht general during World War II who commanded German forces in southern France, including during the Allied invasion known as Operation Dragoon.
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D.
Wilhelm Siegling
Wilhelm Siegling was a German linguist and philologist known for his pioneering work on the Tocharian languages and their classification within the Indo-European language family.
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E.
Heinrich Korschan
Heinrich Korschan was an industrialist who stood trial as a defendant in the post–World War II Krupp Trial for his involvement in Nazi-era industrial activities.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
German scientist
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mycologist ⓘ person ⓘ |
| areaOfInfluence | European mycology ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 19th century ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Germany ⓘ |
| describedTaxon | Ophiostoma ⓘ |
| describedTaxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | German ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
mycology
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taxonomy of fungi ⓘ |
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| influenced | later taxonomic treatment of Ophiostoma ⓘ |
| knownFor |
description of Ophiostoma
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taxonomic work on fungi ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | German ⓘ |
| notableContribution | advancement of fungal taxonomy in the 19th century ⓘ |
| notableWork |
description of the genus Ophiostoma
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taxonomic studies of fungi ⓘ |
| occupation | mycologist ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity | Germany ⓘ |
| studied |
Ascomycota
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fungal systematics ⓘ |
| workFocus |
classification of fungi
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description of new fungal taxa ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: Heinrich Georg Winter Description of subject: Heinrich Georg Winter was a 19th-century German mycologist known for his taxonomic work on fungi, including the description of the genus Ophiostoma.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.