Graunt
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Graunt is an English surname most notably associated with John Graunt, a 17th-century pioneer of demography and statistical analysis of population data.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Graunt canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18018635 — 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: Graunt Context triple: [John Graunt, familyName, Graunt]
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A.
London Bills of Mortality
London Bills of Mortality were early modern weekly mortality statistics for London, recording deaths and their causes and serving as a crucial source for understanding epidemics and public health, including the Great Plague.
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B.
A Journal of the Plague Year
A Journal of the Plague Year is a historical novel by Daniel Defoe that vividly reconstructs life in London during the 1665 bubonic plague outbreak.
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C.
The Liberty of Norton Folgate
The Liberty of Norton Folgate is a concept album by British ska band Madness that blends pop, ska, and music-hall influences in a nostalgic exploration of London’s East End.
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D.
An Estimate of the Degrees of the Mortality of Mankind (1693)
An Estimate of the Degrees of the Mortality of Mankind (1693) is Edmund Halley’s pioneering demographic study that introduced one of the first life tables and laid foundations for actuarial science and life insurance mathematics.
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E.
Pepys
Pepys is a notable English surname most famously associated with Samuel Pepys, the 17th-century diarist and naval administrator.
- 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: Graunt Target entity description: Graunt is an English surname most notably associated with John Graunt, a 17th-century pioneer of demography and statistical analysis of population data.
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A.
London Bills of Mortality
London Bills of Mortality were early modern weekly mortality statistics for London, recording deaths and their causes and serving as a crucial source for understanding epidemics and public health, including the Great Plague.
-
B.
A Journal of the Plague Year
A Journal of the Plague Year is a historical novel by Daniel Defoe that vividly reconstructs life in London during the 1665 bubonic plague outbreak.
-
C.
The Liberty of Norton Folgate
The Liberty of Norton Folgate is a concept album by British ska band Madness that blends pop, ska, and music-hall influences in a nostalgic exploration of London’s East End.
-
D.
An Estimate of the Degrees of the Mortality of Mankind (1693)
An Estimate of the Degrees of the Mortality of Mankind (1693) is Edmund Halley’s pioneering demographic study that introduced one of the first life tables and laid foundations for actuarial science and life insurance mathematics.
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E.
Pepys
Pepys is a notable English surname most famously associated with Samuel Pepys, the 17th-century diarist and naval administrator.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.