Gustave de Beaumont
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Gustave de Beaumont was a 19th-century French magistrate, writer, and social reformer best known for his close collaboration with Alexis de Tocqueville and his studies of American society and social issues.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Gustave de Beaumont canonical | 4 |
| John Larrit – Gustave de Beaumont | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T624674 — 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: Gustave de Beaumont Context triple: [Alexis de Tocqueville, coTraveler, Gustave de Beaumont]
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A.
Antoine-Claude Briasson
Antoine-Claude Briasson was an 18th-century French printer-publisher best known for being one of the principal publishers of Diderot and d’Alembert’s Encyclopédie.
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B.
Henry Moret
Henry Moret was a French Post-Impressionist painter best known for his vibrant coastal landscapes of Brittany and his association with the Pont-Aven artistic circle.
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C.
Théodore Maunoir
Théodore Maunoir was a Swiss physician and humanitarian who was one of the key co-founders of the International Committee of the Red Cross in the 19th century.
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D.
Auguste De Gas
Auguste De Gas was a French banker and art collector best known as the father of the Impressionist painter Edgar Degas.
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E.
Gabriel-François Doyen
Gabriel-François Doyen was an 18th-century French painter known for his dramatic religious and historical compositions within the Rococo and early Neoclassical traditions.
- 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: Gustave de Beaumont Target entity description: Gustave de Beaumont was a 19th-century French magistrate, writer, and social reformer best known for his close collaboration with Alexis de Tocqueville and his studies of American society and social issues.
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A.
Antoine-Claude Briasson
Antoine-Claude Briasson was an 18th-century French printer-publisher best known for being one of the principal publishers of Diderot and d’Alembert’s Encyclopédie.
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B.
Henry Moret
Henry Moret was a French Post-Impressionist painter best known for his vibrant coastal landscapes of Brittany and his association with the Pont-Aven artistic circle.
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C.
Théodore Maunoir
Théodore Maunoir was a Swiss physician and humanitarian who was one of the key co-founders of the International Committee of the Red Cross in the 19th century.
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D.
Auguste De Gas
Auguste De Gas was a French banker and art collector best known as the father of the Impressionist painter Edgar Degas.
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E.
Gabriel-François Doyen
Gabriel-François Doyen was an 18th-century French painter known for his dramatic religious and historical compositions within the Rococo and early Neoclassical traditions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French magistrate
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human ⓘ social reformer ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| closeAssociateOf | Alexis de Tocqueville ⓘ |
| coAuthorOf | Du système pénitentiaire aux États-Unis et de son application en France ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith | Alexis de Tocqueville ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | France ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Collège Royal de Metz
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École de droit de Paris ⓘ
linked to:
Faculty of Law of Paris
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| familyName | de Beaumont ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
literature
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penology ⓘ political science ⓘ social reform ⓘ sociology ⓘ |
| genre |
novel
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political essay ⓘ social commentary ⓘ |
| givenName | Gustave ⓘ |
| influenced | later studies of race and slavery in America ⓘ |
| influencedBy | liberal political thought ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | French ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Chamber of Deputies of France
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National Assembly of France ⓘ |
| movement |
liberalism
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social reform movement ⓘ |
| name | Gustave de Beaumont ⓘ |
| notableFor |
collaboration with Alexis de Tocqueville
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studies of American society ⓘ studies of slavery in the United States ⓘ studies of the Irish question ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Du système pénitentiaire aux États-Unis et de son application en France
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Ireland: Social, Political and Religious ⓘ
linked to:
L’Irlande, sociale, politique et religieuse
L’Irlande, sociale, politique et religieuse ⓘ Marie, or Slavery in the United States ⓘ
linked to:
Marie, ou l’esclavage aux États-Unis
Marie, ou l’esclavage aux États-Unis ⓘ On the Penitentiary System in the United States and Its Application in France ⓘ |
| occupation |
magistrate
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politician ⓘ social reformer ⓘ sociologist ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
conseiller général of the Nord department
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député of the Nord department ⓘ substitute prosecutor at the court of Versailles ⓘ |
| studied |
American prison system
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Irish social conditions ⓘ slavery in the United States ⓘ |
| traveledTo |
Ireland
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United States of America ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Gustave de Beaumont Description of subject: Gustave de Beaumont was a 19th-century French magistrate, writer, and social reformer best known for his close collaboration with Alexis de Tocqueville and his studies of American society and social issues.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Gustave de Beaumont
Du système pénitentiaire aux États-Unis et de son application en France
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