Thomas Worthington
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Thomas Worthington was an English Catholic priest and scholar best known for his role in editing and promoting the Douay–Rheims Bible during the late 16th and early 17th centuries.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Thomas Worthington canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1000856 — 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: Thomas Worthington Context triple: [Douay–Rheims Bible, associatedWith, Thomas Worthington]
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A.
Marinus Willett
Marinus Willett was an American Revolutionary War officer and political leader from New York, known for his active role in colonial resistance and later service as mayor of New York City.
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B.
William Grayson
William Grayson was an American Revolutionary War officer, early U.S. senator from Virginia, and prominent Anti-Federalist critic of the proposed U.S. Constitution.
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C.
Peleg Wadsworth
Peleg Wadsworth was an American Revolutionary War general and prominent New England figure whose family home later became associated with his grandson, poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
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D.
Benjamin G. Seixas
Benjamin G. Seixas was an early American financier known for being among the original New York stockbrokers who helped lay the foundations of what became the New York Stock Exchange.
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E.
Francis Smith
Francis Smith was a British Army officer best known for leading the regular troops during the opening engagements of the American Revolutionary War at Lexington and Concord in 1775.
- 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: Thomas Worthington Target entity description: Thomas Worthington was an English Catholic priest and scholar best known for his role in editing and promoting the Douay–Rheims Bible during the late 16th and early 17th centuries.
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A.
Marinus Willett
Marinus Willett was an American Revolutionary War officer and political leader from New York, known for his active role in colonial resistance and later service as mayor of New York City.
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B.
William Grayson
William Grayson was an American Revolutionary War officer, early U.S. senator from Virginia, and prominent Anti-Federalist critic of the proposed U.S. Constitution.
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C.
Peleg Wadsworth
Peleg Wadsworth was an American Revolutionary War general and prominent New England figure whose family home later became associated with his grandson, poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
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D.
Benjamin G. Seixas
Benjamin G. Seixas was an early American financier known for being among the original New York stockbrokers who helped lay the foundations of what became the New York Stock Exchange.
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E.
Francis Smith
Francis Smith was a British Army officer best known for leading the regular troops during the opening engagements of the American Revolutionary War at Lexington and Concord in 1775.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Bible editor
ⓘ
Catholic scholar ⓘ English Catholic priest ⓘ |
| affiliation |
English College, Douai
ⓘ
Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to:
Catholic Church worldwide
|
| countryOfCitizenship | England ⓘ |
| educatedAt | English College, Douai ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Bible translation
ⓘ
Catholic theology ⓘ biblical studies ⓘ |
| genre |
religious writing
ⓘ
theological commentary ⓘ |
| knownFor |
editing the Douay–Rheims Bible
ⓘ
promoting the Douay–Rheims Bible ⓘ work on the Douay–Rheims Bible ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
English
ⓘ
Latin ⓘ |
| movement | English Catholic recusant community ⓘ |
| notableFor | defending Catholic doctrine against Protestant criticism ⓘ |
| notableWork |
promotion of the Douay–Rheims Old Testament
ⓘ
revisions of the Douay–Rheims New Testament ⓘ
linked to:
Douay–Rheims Bible
|
| occupation |
priest
ⓘ
scholar ⓘ theologian ⓘ translator ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity |
Douai
ⓘ
England ⓘ the Spanish Netherlands ⓘ
linked to:
Southern Netherlands
|
| positionHeld | President of the English College, Douai ⓘ |
| religion |
Catholicism
ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Catholicism
|
| workPeriod |
early 17th century
ⓘ
late 16th century ⓘ |
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: Thomas Worthington Description of subject: Thomas Worthington was an English Catholic priest and scholar best known for his role in editing and promoting the Douay–Rheims Bible during the late 16th and early 17th centuries.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.