Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran
E163396
Nobel Prize laureate in Physiology or Medicine
human
parasitologist
physician
protozoologist
scientist
Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran was a French physician and Nobel Prize–winning scientist best known for discovering the parasite that causes malaria, founding the field of protozoology.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T890600 — 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: Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran Context triple: [University of Strasbourg, notableAlumnus, Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran]
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A.
Charles Léon
Charles Léon was the illegitimate son of Napoleon Bonaparte and a French servant, known primarily for his connection to the emperor.
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B.
Philippe François Marie de Hauteclocque
Philippe François Marie de Hauteclocque, better known as General Leclerc, was a prominent French Free French commander during World War II who played a key role in the liberation of Paris and the Allied campaign in Europe.
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C.
Hubert-Joseph Henry
Hubert-Joseph Henry was a French Army officer notorious for forging evidence in the Dreyfus affair, which played a central role in the wrongful conviction of Captain Alfred Dreyfus.
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D.
Claude Rouget de Lisle
Claude Rouget de Lisle was a French army officer, engineer, and poet best known as the composer of "La Marseillaise," the French national anthem.
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E.
Guillaume-Joseph Chabroud
Guillaume-Joseph Chabroud was a French lawyer and revolutionary-era politician who served as a deputy to the National Constituent Assembly during the early stages of the French Revolution.
- 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: Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran Target entity description: Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran was a French physician and Nobel Prize–winning scientist best known for discovering the parasite that causes malaria, founding the field of protozoology.
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A.
Charles Léon
Charles Léon was the illegitimate son of Napoleon Bonaparte and a French servant, known primarily for his connection to the emperor.
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B.
Philippe François Marie de Hauteclocque
Philippe François Marie de Hauteclocque, better known as General Leclerc, was a prominent French Free French commander during World War II who played a key role in the liberation of Paris and the Allied campaign in Europe.
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C.
Hubert-Joseph Henry
Hubert-Joseph Henry was a French Army officer notorious for forging evidence in the Dreyfus affair, which played a central role in the wrongful conviction of Captain Alfred Dreyfus.
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D.
Claude Rouget de Lisle
Claude Rouget de Lisle was a French army officer, engineer, and poet best known as the composer of "La Marseillaise," the French national anthem.
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E.
Guillaume-Joseph Chabroud
Guillaume-Joseph Chabroud was a French lawyer and revolutionary-era politician who served as a deputy to the National Constituent Assembly during the early stages of the French Revolution.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Nobel Prize laureate in Physiology or Medicine
ⓘ
human ⓘ parasitologist ⓘ physician ⓘ protozoologist ⓘ scientist ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour
ⓘ
linked to:
Grand Croix de la Légion d'honneur
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine ⓘ |
| causeOfFame | first to identify a protozoan as a cause of disease in humans ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | France ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1845-06-18 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1922-05-18 ⓘ |
| discovered |
Plasmodium parasite in human blood
ⓘ
protozoan cause of malaria ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of Strasbourg
ⓘ
École du Service de Santé des Armées de Strasbourg ⓘ |
| employer |
French Army
ⓘ
Pasteur Institute ⓘ
linked to:
Institut Pasteur
|
| familyName | Laveran ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
parasitology
ⓘ
protozoology ⓘ tropical medicine ⓘ |
| givenName |
Alphonse
ⓘ
Charles ⓘ Louis ⓘ |
| influenced |
development of medical protozoology
ⓘ
research on parasitic diseases ⓘ |
| knownFor |
discovery of the malaria parasite
ⓘ
founding the field of protozoology ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | French ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Académie de Médecine
ⓘ
French Academy of Sciences ⓘ
linked to:
Académie des Sciences
|
| militaryRank | army doctor ⓘ |
| name | Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran ⓘ |
| nationality | French ⓘ |
| notableWork | Traité des fièvres palustres ⓘ |
| occupation |
military doctor
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parasitologist ⓘ physician ⓘ protozoologist ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
France
ⓘ
Paris ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
France
ⓘ
Paris ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Algeria
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Constantine ⓘ Paris ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran Description of subject: Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran was a French physician and Nobel Prize–winning scientist best known for discovering the parasite that causes malaria, founding the field of protozoology.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.