Omar Pound
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Omar Pound was an American-born writer, editor, and teacher of literature and Islamic studies, known both for his own scholarly work and as the son of poet Ezra Pound.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Omar Pound canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1009805 — 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: Omar Pound Context triple: [Ezra Pound, child, Omar Pound]
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A.
Lewis Powell
Lewis Powell was a Confederate sympathizer and member of John Wilkes Booth’s plot who attempted to assassinate Secretary of State William H. Seward on the night Abraham Lincoln was killed.
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B.
James E. Shepard
James E. Shepard was an African American educator and civil rights advocate who founded what became North Carolina Central University, one of the nation’s prominent historically Black universities.
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C.
Daniel P. Hanley
Daniel P. Hanley is an American film editor best known for his long-time collaboration with director Ron Howard on numerous major Hollywood films.
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D.
Walter Powell
Walter Powell was an American entrepreneur best known as the founder of Powell’s City of Books, one of the world’s largest independent bookstores in Portland, Oregon.
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E.
Horace Walker
Horace Walker was a 19th-century British mountaineer known for pioneering ascents in the Alps and the Caucasus.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Omar Pound Target entity description: Omar Pound was an American-born writer, editor, and teacher of literature and Islamic studies, known both for his own scholarly work and as the son of poet Ezra Pound.
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A.
Lewis Powell
Lewis Powell was a Confederate sympathizer and member of John Wilkes Booth’s plot who attempted to assassinate Secretary of State William H. Seward on the night Abraham Lincoln was killed.
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B.
James E. Shepard
James E. Shepard was an African American educator and civil rights advocate who founded what became North Carolina Central University, one of the nation’s prominent historically Black universities.
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C.
Daniel P. Hanley
Daniel P. Hanley is an American film editor best known for his long-time collaboration with director Ron Howard on numerous major Hollywood films.
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D.
Walter Powell
Walter Powell was an American entrepreneur best known as the founder of Powell’s City of Books, one of the world’s largest independent bookstores in Portland, Oregon.
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E.
Horace Walker
Horace Walker was a 19th-century British mountaineer known for pioneering ascents in the Alps and the Caucasus.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Islamic studies scholar
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editor ⓘ human ⓘ literary scholar ⓘ teacher ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | France ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1926-09-10 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2010-03-02 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Hamilton College
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McGill University ⓘ School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London ⓘ
linked to:
SOAS University of London
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| familyName | Pound ⓘ |
| father | Ezra Pound ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Islamic studies
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literature ⓘ translation studies ⓘ |
| genre |
biography
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literary criticism ⓘ poetry ⓘ |
| givenName | Omar ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| mother | Dorothy Shakespear ⓘ |
| name | Omar Pound ⓘ |
| notableFor |
editing correspondence of Ezra Pound and Dorothy Shakespear
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scholarship on Ezra Pound ⓘ work on Arabic and Persian poetry in English translation ⓘ |
| notableRelative |
Dorothy Shakespear
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Ezra Pound ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Arabic & Persian Poems in English
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Cairo: City of Sand ⓘ Ezra Pound and Dorothy Shakespear: Their Letters 1909–1914 ⓘ |
| occupation |
editor
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teacher ⓘ translator ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Paris ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Princeton, New Jersey
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linked to:
Princeton, New Jersey, United States
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| taughtSubject |
Islamic studies
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comparative literature ⓘ literature ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Omar Pound Description of subject: Omar Pound was an American-born writer, editor, and teacher of literature and Islamic studies, known both for his own scholarly work and as the son of poet Ezra Pound.
Referenced by (5)
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