Delia Bacon
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Delia Bacon was a 19th-century American writer and lecturer best known for pioneering the theory that Shakespeare's plays were authored by a group of contemporary intellectuals rather than William Shakespeare himself.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Delia Bacon canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1391878 — 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: Delia Bacon Context triple: [Bacon, hasNotableBearer, Delia Bacon]
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A.
Cordelia Whewell
Cordelia Whewell was the wife of 19th-century English polymath and philosopher William Whewell, known primarily through her marriage into his intellectual and academic circle.
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B.
Ethel Lilian Voynich
Ethel Lilian Voynich was an Anglo-Irish novelist, musician, and revolutionary best known for her popular 1897 novel "The Gadfly."
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C.
Mary Corinna Putnam
Mary Corinna Putnam was a pioneering American physician and medical researcher, recognized as one of the first women to earn a medical degree in the United States and a leading advocate for women in medicine.
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D.
Mary Somerville
Mary Somerville was a 19th-century Scottish mathematician, astronomer, and science writer whose work in popularizing and synthesizing scientific knowledge helped shape early modern mathematics and influenced figures like Ada Lovelace.
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E.
Laura Florence Calvert
Laura Florence Calvert was the wife of American architect Henry Bacon, best known for designing the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.
- 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: Delia Bacon Target entity description: Delia Bacon was a 19th-century American writer and lecturer best known for pioneering the theory that Shakespeare's plays were authored by a group of contemporary intellectuals rather than William Shakespeare himself.
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A.
Cordelia Whewell
Cordelia Whewell was the wife of 19th-century English polymath and philosopher William Whewell, known primarily through her marriage into his intellectual and academic circle.
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B.
Ethel Lilian Voynich
Ethel Lilian Voynich was an Anglo-Irish novelist, musician, and revolutionary best known for her popular 1897 novel "The Gadfly."
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C.
Mary Corinna Putnam
Mary Corinna Putnam was a pioneering American physician and medical researcher, recognized as one of the first women to earn a medical degree in the United States and a leading advocate for women in medicine.
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D.
Mary Somerville
Mary Somerville was a 19th-century Scottish mathematician, astronomer, and science writer whose work in popularizing and synthesizing scientific knowledge helped shape early modern mathematics and influenced figures like Ada Lovelace.
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E.
Laura Florence Calvert
Laura Florence Calvert was the wife of American architect Henry Bacon, best known for designing the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Shakespeare authorship theorist
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human ⓘ lecturer ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| activeIn | 19th century ⓘ |
| citizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Grove School, Hartford ⓘ |
| familyName | Bacon ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
literary criticism
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literature ⓘ public lecturing ⓘ |
| genre |
lectures
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literary criticism ⓘ non-fiction ⓘ |
| givenName | Delia ⓘ |
| influenced | Shakespeare authorship skeptics ⓘ |
| knownFor |
early advocate of Baconian and group authorship ideas
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pioneering group authorship theory of Shakespeare plays ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| mainInterest |
Elizabethan drama
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linked to:
English Renaissance drama
Renaissance literature ⓘ William Shakespeare ⓘ |
| movement | Shakespeare authorship question ⓘ |
| name | Delia Bacon ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
Francis Bacon and others as authors of Shakespeare plays
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Shakespearean works authored by a group of contemporaries ⓘ |
| notableWork | The Philosophy of the Plays of Shakspere Unfolded ⓘ |
| occupation |
lecturer
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schoolteacher ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Tallmadge, Ohio ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Hartford, Connecticut
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linked to:
Hartford, Connecticut, United States
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| relative | Leonard Bacon ⓘ |
| religion |
Protestantism
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linked to:
Protestant Christianity
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| residence |
Hartford, Connecticut
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linked to:
Hartford, Connecticut, United States
New Haven, Connecticut ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| sibling | Leonard Bacon ⓘ |
| theoryProposed |
Shakespeare as a front for concealed authors
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Shakespeare plays written by a group of intellectuals ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Delia Bacon Description of subject: Delia Bacon was a 19th-century American writer and lecturer best known for pioneering the theory that Shakespeare's plays were authored by a group of contemporary intellectuals rather than William Shakespeare himself.
Referenced by (6)
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