Edward Irving
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Edward Irving was a prominent 19th-century Scottish clergyman and theologian known for his influential preaching and role in the early Catholic Apostolic Church movement.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Edward Irving canonical | 11 |
| Edward Irving's London ministry | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1295130 — 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: Edward Irving Context triple: [William Smith Medal, notableRecipient, Edward Irving]
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A.
Joseph Sturge
Joseph Sturge was a prominent 19th-century English Quaker, abolitionist, and social reformer who played a leading role in campaigns against slavery and for civil and political rights.
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B.
John Carlyle
John Carlyle was an 18th-century Scottish merchant and prominent early resident of Alexandria, Virginia, whose wealth and status are reflected in the grand Carlyle House built for him.
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C.
William White
William White was an influential early American Episcopal bishop and church leader who helped shape the post-Revolutionary Anglican tradition in the United States.
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D.
Ninian Edwards
Ninian Edwards was an early American politician who served as the territorial governor of Illinois and later as a U.S. Senator and the third governor of the state.
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E.
James Stephen
James Stephen was a prominent British lawyer, abolitionist, and colonial administrator influential in shaping early 19th-century British policy on slavery and the colonies.
- 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: Edward Irving Target entity description: Edward Irving was a prominent 19th-century Scottish clergyman and theologian known for his influential preaching and role in the early Catholic Apostolic Church movement.
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A.
Joseph Sturge
Joseph Sturge was a prominent 19th-century English Quaker, abolitionist, and social reformer who played a leading role in campaigns against slavery and for civil and political rights.
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B.
John Carlyle
John Carlyle was an 18th-century Scottish merchant and prominent early resident of Alexandria, Virginia, whose wealth and status are reflected in the grand Carlyle House built for him.
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C.
William White
William White was an influential early American Episcopal bishop and church leader who helped shape the post-Revolutionary Anglican tradition in the United States.
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D.
Ninian Edwards
Ninian Edwards was an early American politician who served as the territorial governor of Illinois and later as a U.S. Senator and the third governor of the state.
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E.
James Stephen
James Stephen was a prominent British lawyer, abolitionist, and colonial administrator influential in shaping early 19th-century British policy on slavery and the colonies.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian theologian
ⓘ
Protestant minister ⓘ Scottish clergyman ⓘ human ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Catholic Apostolic Church movement
ⓘ
Regent Square Church ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1792-08-04 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Annandale
ⓘ
Dumfriesshire ⓘ Scotland ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | tuberculosis ⓘ |
| century | 19th century ⓘ |
| citizenship | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1834-12-07 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Glasgow
ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ |
| denomination |
Presbyterianism
ⓘ
linked to:
Presbyterian
|
| education | University of Edinburgh ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Christian preaching
ⓘ
Christian theology ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasReligion | Reformed Christianity ⓘ |
| influenced |
19th-century British millenarianism
ⓘ
early Catholic Apostolic Church leaders ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Scottish Presbyterian theology
ⓘ
Thomas Chalmers ⓘ
linked to:
Thomas A. Chalmers
|
| knownFor |
charismatic gifts emphasis
ⓘ
influential preaching ⓘ millenarian teaching ⓘ role in the early Catholic Apostolic Church movement ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| movement | Catholic Apostolic Church ⓘ |
| name | Edward Irving ⓘ |
| nationality | Scottish ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
imminent Second Coming of Christ
ⓘ
restoration of apostolic gifts ⓘ speaking in tongues as a contemporary gift ⓘ |
| occupation |
clergyman
ⓘ
preacher ⓘ theologian ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
assistant to Thomas Chalmers in Glasgow
ⓘ
minister of the Caledonian Chapel, Hatton Garden, London ⓘ minister of the National Scotch Church, Regent Square, London ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| spouse | Isabella Martin ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Glasgow
ⓘ
London ⓘ
linked to:
London, England
|
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
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Edward Irving Description of subject: Edward Irving was a prominent 19th-century Scottish clergyman and theologian known for his influential preaching and role in the early Catholic Apostolic Church movement.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Edward Irving